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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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⚙️ Coroutines vs Threads in 2025: What You Really Need to Know

Threads are heavy. Coroutines aren’t.

But which kind of coroutine — stackful or stackless — fits your use case?

In this article, I explain:

  • 🍃 Why threads struggle at scale
  • 🧠 Stackful vs stackless coroutines (with vivid analogies)
  • 📈 When each shines (from game AI to IoT to high-latency servers)
  • 🧮 Real-world numbers: RAM per 10,000 tasks

👉 Read on Medium
https://levelup.gitconnected.com/your-2025-handbook-to-lightweight-concurrency-9d91fd01c99a

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