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Automation & scripting medium

How to Ping Multiple Hosts in Parallel with Python ThreadPoolExecutor

A parallel host-pinging script using ThreadPoolExecutor and subprocess to check connectivity across multiple addresses concurrently.

thread-pool subprocess ping
Python
import subprocess
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
from pathlib import Path

HOSTS = [
    "google.com",
    "github.com",
    "stackoverflow.com",
    "nonexistent.invalid",
    "localhost",
]

def ping_host(host: str) -> str:
    """Ping a single host and return a status string."""
    result = subp…
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Concurrency & performance medium

How to Speed Up Downloads with ThreadPoolExecutor in Python

Compare sequential and thread-pool download loops to measure real speedup when I/O s bound.

threads concurrency performance
Python
import time
import threading
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor

def download_file(file_id):
    """Simulate fetching a file by sleeping briefly."""
    time.sleep(0.2)  # pretend network latency
    return f"file_{file_id}"

def sequential_downloads(num_files):
    """Process files one at a time."""
  …
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