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Kafka-style pub/sub, event consumers, async pipelines, and message-driven workflows.

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Batch Consume Process Commit Pattern in Python

A mock batch processor that accumulates items in a queue, processes full batches, commits successful or failed results, and flushes remaining items.

streaming batch-processing queues
Python
import random
import threading
import time
from collections import deque


class MockBatchProcessor:
    def __init__(self, process_func, commit_func, batch_size=5):
        self.queue = deque()
        self.batch_size = batch_size
        self.process_func = process_func
        self.commit_func = commit_func

    de…
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Streaming & messaging easy

Dead Letter Queue Failed Messages List Mock in Python

Implements a simple in-memory dead letter queue to collect, list, and retry failed messages, with JSON serialization for inspection in streaming pipelines.

dead-letter-queue messaging retry
Python
import json
from collections import deque


class Message:
    def __init__(self, message_id, payload, attempts=0):
        self.message_id = message_id
        self.payload = payload
        self.attempts = attempts

    def __repr__(self):
        return f"Message(id={self.message_id}, attempts={self.attempts})"


c…
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How to Simulate RabbitMQ Exchange Routing in Python

Simulate RabbitMQ exchange routing using a nested dict, matching routing keys against patterns like error.* and info.# to return bound queues.

rabbitmq routing messaging
Python
from collections import defaultdict

def route_message(exchanges, exchange_name, routing_key):
    """
    Simulate RabbitMQ exchange routing using a nested dict structure.
    Returns list of queue names that match the routing key.
    """
    queues = exchanges.get(exchange_name, {})
    matched = []
    
    for pa…
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How to mock a CQRS projector read model update in Python

Build a CQRS projector class that maintains denormalized read models by applying domain events in a mock order-processing service.

cqrs projector read-model
Python
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import Dict, List, Optional


@dataclass
class OrderReadModel:
    order_id: str
    customer_name: str
    total: float
    status: str = "pending"
    items: List[Dict] = field(default_factory=list)

    def apply_event(self, event_type: str, payload: Dict) -> Non…
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Streaming & messaging easy

Using the retained message flag in MQTT with Python

This script subscribes to an MQTT topic and prints the retained flag for each received message, demonstrating how to distinguish retained messages from normal ones.

mqtt paho-mqtt iot
Python
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt

def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
    print(f"Connected with result code {rc}")
    # Subscribe to a topic and check retained flag
    client.subscribe("test/retained")
    print("Subscribed to test/retained")

def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
    # msg.retain is the M…
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