Stories from the Web Crawling trenches in timeout handling

Handling Timeouts Gracefully with Python's urllib

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 6, 2024

When fetching data from external websites and APIs, handling timeouts gracefully and implementing retry logic with exponential backoff is crucial for building robust applications.

Securely Share Sessions Between Services with Aiohttp Session Proxy

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 22, 2024

Aiohttp session proxy allows secure sharing of session data between microservices, improving user experience and ensuring encryption. Best practices include setting environment variables, using HTTPS, and handling timeouts.

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