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Round Robin Merge Multiple Lists in Python
Merge multiple lists by taking one element from each in turn, stopping when all lists are exhausted.
from itertools import cycle
def round_robin_merge(*lists):
"""Merge multiple lists by taking one element from each in turn."""
result = []
max_len = max(len(lst) for lst in lists)
for i in range(max_len):
for lst in lists:
if i < len(lst):
result.append(lst[i])…
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.
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__ == "_…
Mock Kafka Consumer Group Partition Assignment in Python
Simulates a Kafka consumer group's round-robin partition assignment with a Python class and prints assignments per consumer.
from collections import defaultdict
class ConsumerGroupAssignment:
def __init__(self, group_name, topics_partitions):
self.group_name = group_name
self.consumers = {}
self.assignments = defaultdict(set)
topics_partitions = sorted(
[(topic, partition) for topic, partiti…
How to Mock a Server-Side Load Balancer in Python
A simple Python class that mimics a server-side load balancer with round-robin, random, and least-connections selection strategies.
import itertools
import random
class LoadBalancer:
def __init__(self, servers=None):
self.servers = servers if servers else ["server1", "server2", "server3"]
self.counter = itertools.count(1)
def round_robin(self):
return next(self.counter) % len(self.servers)
def random_selectio…
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.
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
…
Rebalance Shard Ranges Across Nodes in Python
A mock rebalancing function that shuffles shard ranges and distributes them evenly across nodes using round-robin assignment.
import random
from dataclasses import dataclass
@dataclass
class Shard:
id: int
start: int
end: int
def rebalance_shards(shards: list[Shard], node_count: int) -> dict[int, list[Shard]]:
"""Mock rebalancing of shard ranges across nodes."""
all_ranges = [(s.start, s.end) for s in shards]
random…
Route SELECT Queries to Read Replicas in Python
A mock round-robin router that forwards SELECT queries to read replicas and sends writes to the primary.
import random
class ReadReplicaRouter:
"""Round-robin router that sends SELECT queries to read replicas."""
def __init__(self, replicas):
self.replicas = replicas
self.counter = 0
def route(self, sql):
if sql.strip().upper().startswith("SELECT"):
replica = sel…
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