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Git + Python easy

Get Git Status Info in Python

Run git commands from Python to gather branch name, number of changes, total commits, and clean status, returning them as a dict.

git subprocess automation
Python 
import subprocess
import json
from pathlib import Path


def get_git_status(repo_path="."):
    """Return basic git info about a repository as a dict."""
    try:
        branch = subprocess.check_output(
            ["git", "branch", "--show-current"],
            cwd=repo_path,
            stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,…
11 0 Open
Concurrency & performance easy

Run Background Tasks with asyncio.create_task in Python

Create background tasks in an asyncio event loop with asyncio.create_task and run them concurrently using asyncio.gather.

asyncio async concurrency
Python 
import asyncio
import time

async def background_worker(name, duration):
    """Simulates a long-running background task."""
    print(f"{name} started at t={time.monotonic():.1f}")
    await asyncio.sleep(duration)
    print(f"{name} finished at t={time.monotonic():.1f}")

async def main():
    print(f"Main starting …
13 0 Open
Microservices patterns easy

How to Compose Parallel API Calls in Python with asyncio.gather

Compose multiple mock API responses in parallel using asyncio.gather with per-service simulated latency.

asyncio concurrency api
Python 
import asyncio
import random
import time

async def mock_api(name: str, delay: float) -> dict:
    await asyncio.sleep(delay)
    return {"service": name, "value": random.randint(1, 100)}

async def fetch_all():
    services = {
        "users": mock_api("users", 0.2),
        "orders": mock_api("orders", 0.3),
      …
15 0 Open
Microservices patterns easy

Scatter Gather Aggregate Pattern in Python

Simulates a scatter/gather/aggregate pattern by distributing work across items, gathering results, and aggregating them.

scatter-gather aggregation pattern
Python 
import random

def process_items(items, scatter_fn, gather_fn, aggregate_fn):
    """Simple scatter/gather/aggregate pattern simulation."""
    scattered = [scatter_fn(item) for item in items]
    gathered = [gather_fn(item) for item in scattered]
    return aggregate_fn(gathered)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    data …
13 0 Open

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