<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The JavaScript Mind - Building Mental Models - Lohith Mallikarjun</title><description>A way of seeing JavaScript - not as syntax to memorise, but as a set of mental models you can reason from. We go slow on the ideas that matter so the language stops feeling like magic.</description><link>https://lohithmallikarjun.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>The fundamental mental model</title><link>https://lohithmallikarjun.com/the-javascript-mind/01-the-fundamental-mental-model/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lohithmallikarjun.com/the-javascript-mind/01-the-fundamental-mental-model/</guid><description>Values and Code | Primitive values, objects and functions | Equality of values | Variables</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Structure and Execution of code</title><link>https://lohithmallikarjun.com/the-javascript-mind/02-structure-and-execution/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lohithmallikarjun.com/the-javascript-mind/02-structure-and-execution/</guid><description>Modules: Its evolution from IFFEs, CommonJS, ES Modules | Execution contexts, hoisting, scopes and closures</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Understanding Objects and Functions</title><link>https://lohithmallikarjun.com/the-javascript-mind/03-objects-and-functions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lohithmallikarjun.com/the-javascript-mind/03-objects-and-functions/</guid><description>`this` keyword | Prototypes | Classes | Standard built-in objects</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Async JavaScript: Interacting with the outside world</title><link>https://lohithmallikarjun.com/the-javascript-mind/04-async-javascript/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lohithmallikarjun.com/the-javascript-mind/04-async-javascript/</guid><description>Event loop | Callbacks | Promises | Async/await</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>