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EPISODE · Apr 6, 2026 · 9 MIN

EP03 — The Call Stack

from Oh, That's Why. · host Gize Bonilla

You have seen it in error messages: "Maximum call stack size exceeded."But do you know what the call stack actually is?In this episode, Alex Vega explains how JavaScript keeps track of whereit is as your code runs — through a simple analogy that makes the wholething click. By the end, you will know how to read a stack trace, why stackoverflows happen, and why JavaScript can only do one thing at a time.Oh, That's Why. — JavaScript, finally making sense.Here is the medium article https://medium.com/@gize.bonilla/0674b29aeb1aReferences http://latentflip.com/loupe

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