HOW WE TAMED NODE.JS EVENT LOOP LAG: A DEEPDIVE

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Trigger encountered reliability and performance issues in its Node.js application due to event loop lag, which led to high CPU usage and crashes. To fix this, it fixed inefficient code, added pagination, and monitored event loop lag with OpenTelemetry. Moving forward, it will keep an eye on larger payloads, as a learning from this experience.