How the Node.js Event Loop Polls - Bytesize article that covers how libuv interfaces with the operating system kernel system calls to receive event notifications, it's a good article because it goes deep (all the way down to the packet level) but does it very quickly only detailing the information that is necessary to understand the mechanism, in this case I think fast is good because since it's quite a foundational concept it's easy to get confused or distracted by all the stuff that is above it in the stackwww.alexhwoods.com #