Reliability & rate limiting
Retries, exponential backoff, circuit breakers, token buckets, and idempotent handlers.
Exactly Once Processing Dedupe Mock in Python
Implements a streaming deduplicator using a set and queue to guarantee each item is processed exactly once while preserving insertion order.
from collections import deque
class DedupeStream:
def __init__(self):
self.seen = set()
self.queue = deque()
def add(self, item):
if item not in self.seen:
self.seen.add(item)
self.queue.append(item)
print(f"Processed: {item} (exactly once)")
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How to Implement an Adaptive Rate Limiter in Python
Build an adaptive rate limiter that adjusts request intervals dynamically based on recent error rates, slowing down when failures spike.
import time
import random
class AdaptiveRateLimiter:
"""Simple adaptive rate limiter that reduces requests when error rate is high."""
def __init__(self, min_interval=0.1, max_interval=2.0, error_threshold=0.3):
self.min_interval = min_interval
self.max_interval = max_interval
sel…
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