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System design patterns easy

Round Robin Load Balancer in Python

This code simulates round robin load balancing by distributing a list of requests evenly across a list of servers.

load-balancing round-robin system-design
Python
def round_robin_servers(requests: list[str], servers: list[str]) -> dict[str, list[str]]:
    assignments = {server: [] for server in servers}
    for idx, request in enumerate(requests):
        server = servers[idx % len(servers)]
        assignments[server].append(request)
    return assignments


if __name__ == "_…
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Streaming & messaging easy

Mock NATS queue group load balancing in Python

Simulates a NATS queue group where each message is delivered to exactly one subscriber using random selection with a lightweight mock.

nats queue-group messaging
Python
import random
import time
from collections import defaultdict


class MockQueueGroup:
    """Mock a NATS queue group: each message is delivered to exactly one subscriber."""

    def __init__(self, subscribers):
        self.subscribers = subscribers

    def publish(self, message):
        receiver = random.choice(se…
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Microservices patterns easy

How to implement round-robin load balancing in Python

Implement a client-side round-robin load balancer that distributes requests sequentially across a list of mock servers using itertools.cycle.

load balancing round robin microservices
Python
import itertools
import random


class MockServer:
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def handle_request(self, request_id):
        return f"Server {self.name} handled request #{request_id}"


class RoundRobinLoadBalancer:
    def __init__(self, servers):
        self.servers = servers
       …
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