Today I finally understood how JavaScript actually stores data in memory — and it changed the way I look at code. Earlier, I used to just write variables and functions without thinking much about what’s happening behind the scenes. But now it makes a lot more sense: Primitive values (like numbers, strings, booleans) are stored directly in memory Reference types (like arrays and objects) are stored differently — the variable holds a reference, not the actual value That’s why things like this behave unexpectedly sometimes: Copying objects doesn’t create a real copy Changing one reference can affect another Understanding this cleared up a lot of confusion I had while debugging. Still learning, but this felt like a small breakthrough Hitesh Choudhary Piyush Garg Chai Code #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #100DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic
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