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description: "tbh, I never thought about worker threads until I ran into those freezing issues with report generation in my own app. It's so frustrating when one heavy task b"
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[Fabio Sarmento](https://hashnode.com/@sarmento)

[Mar 15](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-your-nodejs-app-freezes-and-how-worker-threads-can-save-you/68018214a7e17df949bc335d/comment/69b6a65df833f16cc9756c0d)

tbh, I never thought about worker threads until I ran into those freezing issues with report generation in my own app. It's so frustrating when one heavy task brings everything to a halt. I definitely see the pizza analogy hitting home—it's all about delegating tasks to keep things smooth. Just curious though, have you found any other scenarios where worker threads might be overkill?