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Microservices patterns easy

Strangler Fig Migration Pattern in Python

Gradually reroute calls from a legacy service to a modern replacement using a runtime switch and feature detection.

migration facade microservices
Python
from dataclasses import dataclass

@dataclass
class PaymentService:
    def process(self, amount: float) -> str:
        return f"Legacy processed ${amount:.2f}"

class StranglerFig:
    def __init__(self):
        self._new_service = None

    def attach_new(self, service):
        self._new_service = service

    de…
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ML engineering pipelines easy

How to Impute Missing Values with Mean in Python

Replace None values in a list with the mean of the existing values using Python's statistics module.

imputation missing-data statistics
Python
import statistics
from statistics import mean


def impute_mean(values):
    """Replace None with the mean of the non-None values."""
    # Filter out None to compute the mean of existing values
    valid = [v for v in values if v is not None]
    if not valid:
        return values  # nothing to impute if all are Non…
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Production deployment patterns easy

How to Mock a Slow Startup Probe for Fast Testing in Python

This code shows how to replace a slow startup probe's initialization with a mock to make tests run fast and reliably.

mock testing startup-probe
Python
import time
from unittest.mock import Mock, patch


class StartupProbe:
    def __init__(self, init_time):
        self.init_time = init_time
        self.ready = False

    def initialize(self):
        time.sleep(self.init_time)
        self.ready = True
        return self.ready


def run_startup_probe(probe):
    …
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Production deployment patterns easy

How to Replace Fields in an Immutable Dataclass in Python

Create a new copy of a frozen dataclass with selected fields changed, leaving the original unchanged.

dataclasses immutable configuration
Python
from dataclasses import dataclass, replace


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ServerConfig:
    name: str
    cpu: int = 2
    ram: int = 4096
    tags: tuple = ()


original = ServerConfig("web-01", cpu=4, tags=("env:prod",))
updated = replace(original, ram=8192, tags=("env:prod", "region:us-east"))

print("Original:", …
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