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In this episode, we’ll gently explore the world of concurrency. From threads and multitasking to synchronization and memory models, you’ll be guided through the essential concepts that let computers handle many things at once – all in a peaceful, easy-to-follow tone.

0:00 – Introduction
0:47 – Concurrency and multitasking
08:00 – Threads and how they operate within processes
14:46 – The difference between concurrency and parallelism
22:52 – Scheduling and context switching
30:02 – Thread pools and resource management
37:55 – Synchronization techniques
45:44 – Race conditions, deadlocks, and common pitfalls
51:11 – Safe and efficient multithreaded design
59:32 – Asynchronous programming and event loops
01:06:18 – Futures, promises, and task-based concurrency
01:14:48 – Lock-free and wait-free algorithms
01:22:57 – Memory visibility and CPU memory models

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