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PyScript et al: Web-enabled Python

I know about the PyScript project for a while already. This end-of-year post is going to be about it and other lovely software pieces which enable Python on the Web these days ❤️ What is PyScript? In a nutshell it’s a CSS + JS you can add to a webpage which will allow you to…

PyScript et al: Web-enabled Python

Why do we use Node.js in our backend?

Ryan Dahl kicked off work on Node.js in 2009 on top of two years of research related to server-side web components. The journey of the runtime wasn’t a smooth ride at all but as of today the major component of its semantic versioning hit 18. The revolutionary premise of Node.js was “server-side JavaScript” because since…

Что будет если Солнце погаснет?

Сегодня как это периодически случается пост на отвлеченную тему =) Прогуливался недавно утром после ночных осенних заморозков и задумался о причинах колебания температуры. Заодно вспомнил термодинамику и почему мгновенно замерзающие в космосе несчастные – чушь собачья, хоть и драматичная. Но обо всем по порядку. В молоке и двух водах Если смешать холодную и горячую воду,…

Backend for Frontend – What is it?

Backend for Frontend design pattern – BFF for short while it’s definitely not “Best Friends Forever” 🙂 – seems to get some hype lately. It’s nowhere a new thing: one of the first mentions were by SoundCloud guys back in 2015. Basically it’s a specialized case of a more generic API Gateway pattern. Let’s figure…

503 Backend Fetch Failed – WTF?

At high level “503 backend fetch failed” boils down to an HTTP protocol status code from the 5xx group. 5xx group consists of so called “server errors” which means that client’s request overall seem to be valid but server failed to fulfill it. Some common reasons for such behavior include: Some bug in the application…

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