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Data pipelines & processing easy

How to Deduplicate Events with At-Least-Once Delivery in Python

Implements an exactly-once processing pattern for at-least-once event delivery by tracking seen event IDs in a set, skipping duplicates.

deduplication idempotent event-processing
Python
seen_ids = set()

def process_event(event_id: str, payload: dict) -> dict:
    """Process an event exactly once, ignoring duplicates."""
    if event_id in seen_ids:
        return {"status": "duplicate", "event_id": event_id}
    seen_ids.add(event_id)
    return {"status": "processed", "event_id": event_id, **payloa…
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Modern tooling easy

How to Initialize Sentry SDK with a Mock DSN in Python

Initialize the Sentry SDK in Python with a mock DSN to test error tracking without sending real events, then verify the DSN configuration.

sentry sdk dsn
Python
import sentry_sdk

# Initialize Sentry SDK with a mock DSN (no real events will be sent)
sentry_sdk.init(
    dsn="https://mock-public@mock-host/mock-project",
    traces_sample_rate=1.0,
    environment="development",
)

# Capture a test message to confirm SDK is configured
sentry_sdk.capture_message("Test message fr…
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System design patterns easy

How to Build a Health Check System with Instance Up and Down Status in Python

Track instance health by marking them up or down and simulating health checks with a mock class in Python.

health-check monitoring system-design
Python
from datetime import datetime
import random

class HealthChecker:
    def __init__(self):
        self.status = {}
    
    def mark_up(self, instance_id):
        self.status[instance_id] = {
            "state": "up",
            "last_check": datetime.now().isoformat(),
            "healthy": True
        }
    
  …
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Microservices patterns easy

How to Implement an Exactly-Once Deduplication Store in Python

Implement a Python class that deduplicates keys exactly once, tracking first-seen timestamps and duplicate counts.

deduplication exactly-once set
Python
from datetime import datetime
from typing import Any, Hashable


class ExactlyOnceStore:
    def __init__(self) -> None:
        self._seen: set[Hashable] = set()
        self._first_seen: dict[Hashable, datetime] = {}
        self._counts: dict[Hashable, int] = {}

    def add(self, key: Hashable, value: Any = None) …
13 0 Open
Microservices patterns easy

How to Implement an Outbox Pattern Mock in Python

This code demonstrates a simple in-memory outbox pattern mock for publishing domain events and tracking pending events until they are marked as published.

outbox domain-events microservices
Python
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from datetime import datetime
from uuid import uuid4


@dataclass
class DomainEvent:
    event_id: str = field(default_factory=lambda: str(uuid4()))
    occurred_at: datetime = field(default_factory=datetime.utcnow)


class Outbox:
    def __init__(self):
        self._events =…
13 0 Open
ML engineering pipelines easy

How to Generate Experiment Tracking Run IDs in Python

Generate unique experiment run IDs with timestamps and random suffixes for tracking ML pipeline executions.

run-ids experiment-tracking ml-pipelines
Python
import random
import string
import time

def generate_run_id(prefix="exp"):
    timestamp = time.strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
    suffix = "".join(random.choices(string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits, k=6))
    return f"{prefix}_{timestamp}_{suffix}"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Simulate tracking three experiment r…
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ML engineering pipelines easy

How to Mock MLflow log_params and log_metrics in Python

Use unittest.mock to patch MLflow's log_param and log_metric, run the training function, and verify logging calls without touching a real tracking server.

mlflow mock testing
Python
from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
import mlflow


def train_model():
    mlflow.log_param("learning_rate", 0.01)
    mlflow.log_param("epochs", 10)
    mlflow.log_metric("accuracy", 0.95)
    mlflow.log_metric("loss", 0.05)
    return "Training completed"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    with patch("mlflow.log_par…
15 0 Open
Auth & security at scale easy

How to Mock a Permissions Policy in Python

A lightweight Python class that simulates a browser Permissions-Policy header by tracking allowed/ denied feature permissions with get, set, reset, and bulk operations.

permissions-policy mock security
Python
class PermissionsPolicy:
    def __init__(self):
        self._features = {
            "geolocation": "self",
            "camera": "self",
            "microphone": "self",
            "payment": "self",
            "usb": "self",
        }

    def get_feature_policy(self, feature):
        return self._features.ge…
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Production deployment patterns easy

How to Mock a Kubernetes Rolling Update with maxSurge in Python

Simulate a Kubernetes rolling update with maxSurge policy, tracking peak and final replica counts during roll transitions.

kubernetes rolling-update maxsurge
Python
from collections import deque

class RollingUpdateMaxSurge:
    def __init__(self, replicas, max_surge):
        self.replicas = replicas
        self.max_surge = max_surge
        self.available = replicas
        self.history = deque()

    def roll(self, desired_replicas):
        """
        Simulate a rolling upd…
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Production deployment patterns easy

How to Mock an Ingress TLS Certificate Manager in Python

Build a mock TLS certificate manager for ingress that issues, checks, and renews certificates with expiry tracking — useful for testing deployment workflows before touching real infrastructure.

tls certificates ingress
Python
import ssl
import socket
from datetime import datetime, timedelta


class TLSCertManager:
    def __init__(self, hostname):
        self.hostname = hostname
        self.certificates = {}

    def request_certificate(self, domain, days_valid=90):
        """Mock a certificate issuance request that stores a cert with e…
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