# How to reduce lagging?

I'm sometimes having a lag happening, for example, I have connected a LED strip with a 144ms timer to blink, sometimes it just freezes up or falls behind for a second or so. Is this library, my code, or hardware related?

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- Posted at: about 5 years ago
- Author title: Programmer
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Hey Karlis – could be a number of things depending on if you're using threading or what libraries you're using to drive the LED strip. You're likely to get lots of engagement if you post at community.particle.io as there are tons of folks there who have built something similar and would be willing to share their experience.

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