Days in the Life of Mo

Dear Async/Await,

I’ve loved you from afar, ever since those dark, chaotic days of nested callbacks and spaghetti code that looked more like a Jackson Pollock than a program. You were a dream whispered across GitHub threads, a promise of sanity in the world of JavaScript (and C#, don’t worry, you’re inclusive).

Remember when I used to write setTimeout after setTimeout like some poor time traveler trying to catch events in the right order? Remember the frantic stack traces, the debugging that felt like chasing a greased pig through a maze? And then… you came along. And suddenly, everything awaited its proper moment. Everything returned gracefully. Everything made sense.

You are the “finally” clause in my heart, the pause that allows me to breathe while the code does its thing. You let me write what humans can actually read. No more callback hell. No more promises with jagged edges. No more existential dread every time the network hiccups.

According to Microsoft Docs, async methods simplify asynchronous programming, letting developers write asynchronous code as if it were synchronous, while still keeping apps responsive. In short: you give me order. You give me clarity. You give me the tiny, sweet peace that only comes from knowing my function will actually complete without a nervous breakdown.

And yes, I know you’re not perfect. Sometimes, exceptions still sneak past me, sometimes I misuse you and my console weeps. But you are, without a doubt, the calm in my coding storm.

The Takeaway

Async/Await isn’t just syntax. It’s a love letter from the programming world, a promise that chaos can be tamed, that callbacks can be replaced by clarity, and that yes, even in development, we can experience peace.

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Which part of coding makes you want to throw your keyboard out the window; and which one makes you fall in love all over again? Tell me in the comments, because I’m pretty sure Async/Await isn’t the only romance in your dev life.

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