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Stop Using async in FastAPI (Unless You Mean It)

python

fastapi

async

I recently debugged a legacy FastAPI app that was crawling under load. The culprit? Every endpoint was marked async def, including ones doing heavy, blocking work.

Setting Up a Python Project in 2024: uv and vscode

python

packaging

Minimal setup to start a python project in 2024: with uv, vscode, ruff and pytest.