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Leveraging Unix Sockets for Efficient Inter-Process Communication with aiohttp

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 22, 2024

IPC enables processes on the same machine to communicate locally. Unix domain sockets provide faster communication, lower latency, and improved security. Python aiohttp library supports UDS for inter-process communication.

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