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Observability & SRE medium

How to Build a Burn Rate Alert with Multiple Time Windows in Python

Track token consumption and trigger alerts when the burn rate exceeds a threshold across multiple time windows using deque and time-based sliding windows.

burn-rate alerts time-windows
Python
import time
from collections import deque

class BurnRateAlert:
    def __init__(self, windows_seconds=(60, 300, 900), threshold_rate=0.8):
        self.windows = {w: deque() for w in windows_seconds}
        self.threshold_rate = threshold_rate
        self.previous_tokens = None

    def record_sample(self, current_…
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Observability & SRE medium

How to Group Alerts by Time Window in Python

Group alert occurrences that fall within a sliding time window per alert key, reducing noise and summarizing bursts into single events.

alerts grouping monitoring
Python
from collections import defaultdict
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

def group_alerts(alerts, window_minutes=10):
    """Group alerts that occur within the same time window."""
    alerts_by_key = defaultdict(list)
    
    for alert in alerts:
        key = alert["key"]
        timestamp = alert["timestamp"]…
12 0 Open
Observability & SRE easy

How to Mock Database Query Duration in Python

Simulate realistic database query durations with random jitter for testing dashboards, alerts, and SLO calculations.

observability mock metrics
Python
import random
import time


def mock_query_duration(db_name, avg_ms, jitter_ms=5, runs=3):
    """Simulate database query durations with realistic variation."""
    durations = []
    for _ in range(runs):
        # Base duration plus random jitter (can be negative)
        duration = avg_ms + random.uniform(-jitter_m…
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Observability & SRE easy

How to Route Alerts by Severity in Python

Map alert severity levels to routing targets and simulate dispatching alerts to on-call pages, email, Slack, or logs.

observability alerts routing
Python
def main():
    # Severity levels with corresponding alert routing targets
    routing_map = {
        "critical": "call_page",
        "high": "call_page",
        "medium": "email_team",
        "low": "slack_channel",
        "info": "log_only"
    }

    # Simulated alerts with severity
    alerts = [
        {"na…
12 0 Open
Database scaling & optimization easy

Monitor Database Index Bloat in Python

Simulates index bloat checks for database tables using random ratio thresholds and reports alerts per index.

database index monitoring
Python
import random
import time

class IndexBloatMonitor:
    def __init__(self, thresholds=(0.5, 0.8, 0.9)):
        self.thresholds = thresholds
        self.indices = {
            "users_pk": 48.2,
            "orders_created_idx": 124.7,
            "products_name_idx": 15.3,
            "payments_user_idx": 203.9,
   …
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