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Smarter Retries with Python Requests

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

Adding smart retries to Python requests improves reliability by using exponential backoff and handling exceptions separately.

Whats the equivalent of pythons request package for rust?

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 3, 2024

Rust is a systems programming language focused on performance, reliability, and efficiency. reqwest is a popular HTTP client library for Rust, providing a similar developer experience to Python's requests package.

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