Published inDev Genius·Apr 30Member-onlyEfficient Background Job Processing with Docker, Python FastAPI, and Redis Queue (with an example)In the previous post, I shared an introduction of using Python RQ to process long-running jobs. In real-life scenarios, you may want to expose some API endpoints to submit a job and query the status of the job without having to deal with the CLI commands individually. …Python8 min readPython8 min read
Published inDev Genius·Feb 7Member-onlyA quick introduction to Redis Queue (RQ) to process long-running jobsWhen building an application, there are times when you need to submit a long-running job to the backend and compute the results before returning it back to the front end. Some examples include image processing tasks, video uploads, and sending bulk emails to the recipients. From the client's perspective, these…Python4 min readPython4 min read
Jan 3Plans and things to do/learn in 2023Happy new year to all of you who are reading my Medium post(s). 😊 When I first started writing on Medium, I wanted to share my personal experiences, learnings and mistakes I made along the way as a record so that I could refer back in the future. …New Year2 min readNew Year2 min read
Published inGeek Culture·Nov 21, 2022Member-onlyPython Multiprocessing with output to filePython multiprocessing module comes into mind whenever we can split a big problem into multiple smaller chunks and run them in parallel. Recently I encountered a scenario where I need to write the parallelized results into an output file, and the direct approach of adding the writing-to-file logic into the…Python3 min readPython3 min read
Published inGeek Culture·Sep 3, 2022Member-only2 easy ways to read Google Sheets data using Pythontl;dr 1. Using pandas to read from public Google Sheets 2. Using gspread + service account from Google Cloud Developer Console to read and write to accessible Google Sheets Foreword Google Sheets is a good tool when it comes to storing tabular information and has a low learning curve for people…Pandas5 min readPandas5 min read
Published inGeek Culture·May 27, 2022Member-onlyFun with other Javascript Console methodsAs a Javascript developer, you probably wouldn’t be feeling foreign about the usage of console.log. It’s commonly used to output quick information to the browser console for debugging. Recently I looked deeper into the documentation of the web API, and realized there are a few more interesting methods that I…JavaScript4 min readJavaScript4 min read
Published inGeek Culture·Apr 24, 2022Member-only2nd Generation Google Cloud FunctionGoogle Cloud recently announced 2nd gen Cloud Function which added a couple of nice features to support a new set of use cases. All these improvements were made possible due to the transition of underlying structure to Cloud Run architecture and eventing system Eventarc. Some of the key updates: Larger resources available Much longer timeout…Google Cloud Platform4 min readGoogle Cloud Platform4 min read
Published inGeek Culture·Jan 21, 2022Member-only5 VSCode extensions/tricks to speed up React/Nextjs development workflowIf you are using Visual Studio Code, there are a couple of extensions and tricks that I think can significantly improve development time and make the process a much more enjoyable experience. …React4 min readReact4 min read
Published inGeek Culture·Dec 2, 2021Member-onlyCreating and using custom React Hooks to promote reusability of logicsReact Hooks are being introduced since React 16.8. Codes that use Hooks are generally more readable and much shorter compare to the Classes counterpart. …React4 min readReact4 min read
Published inGeek Culture·Nov 24, 2021Member-onlyOrchestrate multiple micro/serverless services using AWS Step FunctionServerless function like AWS Lambda is great. They are modular, event-driven, and scales well without provisioning or managing servers. Though, in the real world, you are more likely to want to execute a series of functions, or run them in parallel, or retry certain fail functions, etc. …AWS4 min readAWS4 min read
