Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in performance issues

Speed Up Slow requests.get() Calls in Python

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

If you're using Python's requests library, check for network issues, increase timeout value, use asynchronous requests, and optimize slow APIs for better performance.

Speed Up Your Website: Measuring Page Load Times in Python

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

Measure page load times in Python using the requests module to provide a good user experience. Fetch a webpage and calculate the duration it takes to fully load.

Boosting Your Discord Bot's Performance with aiohttp

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 22, 2024

Build high-performance Discord bots with aiohttp, the leading asynchronous HTTP client for Python, to prevent blocking and improve concurrency.

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