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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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🧠 Stop hoarding memory in your JS apps.

In 2025, WeakMap and WeakSet are your secret weapons for smarter caching and cleanup.

πŸ” Real-world patterns covered:
βœ… Auto-cleaning animation state
βœ… Layout cache that vanishes with the DOM
βœ… Blocking form resubmits β€” no cleanup needed
βœ… Component data fetch guard without memory leaks

🧼 No manual .delete(), no stale flags. Just garbage-collector magic.

πŸ“– Clean examples + when to use (and when not):
https://javascript.plainenglish.io/smart-caching-in-2025-weakmap-weakset-for-modern-web-apps-8b2080dd2c54

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