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Microservices patterns

Service boundaries, discovery, inter-service calls, and decomposition patterns.

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How to Deduplicate Events in Python with SHA256 Hashing

Build an event deduplicator that identifies duplicate inbox messages using SHA256 hashes and tracks duplicate counts per event type.

deduplication event-processing hashing
Python
```python
import hashlib
import json
from collections import defaultdict


class EventDeduplicator:
    def __init__(self):
        self.seen_hashes = set()
        self.duplicate_counts = defaultdict(int)

    def process_event(self, event):
        event_key = f"{event['event_id']}:{event['timestamp']}"
        even…
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How to Implement an Exactly-Once Deduplication Store in Python

Implement a Python class that deduplicates keys exactly once, tracking first-seen timestamps and duplicate counts.

deduplication exactly-once set
Python
from datetime import datetime
from typing import Any, Hashable


class ExactlyOnceStore:
    def __init__(self) -> None:
        self._seen: set[Hashable] = set()
        self._first_seen: dict[Hashable, datetime] = {}
        self._counts: dict[Hashable, int] = {}

    def add(self, key: Hashable, value: Any = None) …
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How to mock a SPIFFE workload identity in Python

Generate a mock SPIFFE ID and token for a workload using a trust domain, namespace, and service account.

spiffe identity microservices
Python
import hashlib
import json
from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict


@dataclass
class SPIFFEIdentity:
    trust_domain: str
    namespace: str
    service_account: str

    @property
    def id(self) -> str:
        return f"spiffe://{self.trust_domain}/ns/{self.namespace}/sa/{self.service_account}"


def mock_workl…
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Idempotent Consumer Event Processing in Python

Track processed event IDs to skip duplicates and count event types for a reliable, idempotent consumer.

idempotency events microservices
Python
import json
from collections import defaultdict

class EventProcessor:
    def __init__(self):
        self.processed_ids = set()
        self.counts = defaultdict(int)

    def process_event(self, event):
        event_id = event["id"]
        if event_id in self.processed_ids:
            return {"status": "skipped"…
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Mock a Sidecar Logger with Python Metrics

Simulate a sidecar logger that tracks request counts, error rates, and endpoint hits, producing a metrics snapshot.

microservices monitoring metrics
Python
import random
import time
from collections import defaultdict


class SidecarLogger:
    def __init__(self):
        self.metrics = defaultdict(int)
        self.total_requests = 0
        self.error_count = 0

    def log_request(self, endpoint, status_code):
        """Simulate logging a request and updating metrics…
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