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python
from datetime import datetime from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, EmailStr from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
Building a users router in FastAPI
routing
serialization
dependency-injection
Intermediate
7 steps
javascript
import { NextResponse } from 'next/server' const UPSTREAM = 'https://api.exchangerate.host/latest'
A cached exchange-rate proxy in Next.js
route-handler
caching
revalidation
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7 steps
ruby
class Subscription < ApplicationRecord belongs_to :account enum :status, {
Modeling subscription lifecycle in Rails
enums
scopes
state-management
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8 steps
typescript
type Event = Record<string, unknown>; interface BatcherOptions { endpoint: string;
Batching analytics events in TypeScript
batching
buffering
async
Intermediate
8 steps
php
<?php namespace App\Console\Commands;
Streaming CSV imports in Laravel
lazy-evaluation
generators
batch-processing
Intermediate
7 steps
java
@Service public class OrderCheckoutService { private final OrderRepository orderRepository;
How @Transactional guards a Spring checkout
dependency-injection
transactions
atomicity
Intermediate
6 steps
python
import json from dataclasses import dataclass, field, asdict from datetime import datetime from typing import Any
JSON round-tripping with Python dataclasses
dataclasses
serialization
json
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6 steps
javascript
const logger = require('./logger'); class AppError extends Error { constructor(message, statusCode = 500, details = null) {
Centralized error handling in Express
error-handling
middleware
custom-errors
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8 steps
ruby
class InactiveAccountCleanup BATCH_SIZE = 500 INACTIVITY_THRESHOLD = 18.months
Batch-processing dormant users in Rails
batch-processing
activerecord
service-object
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9 steps
typescript
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'; import { PreloadingStrategy, Route, Routes, RouterModule } from '@angular/router'; import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'; import { Observable, of, timer } from 'rxjs';
A custom preloading strategy in Angular
lazy-loading
preloading
rxjs
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7 steps
go
package middleware import ( "compress/gzip"
How gzip response compression works in Gin
middleware
compression
http
Intermediate
8 steps
php
<?php namespace App\Services;
Resilient HTTP retries with Laravel's client
http-client
retry-logic
error-handling
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7 steps
java
@Service public class OrderMetricsService { private final MeterRegistry registry;
Instrumenting orders with Micrometer in Spring
metrics
micrometer
observability
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8 steps
rust
use std::fs::File; use std::io::{self, BufWriter}; use std::path::Path;
Serializing config to JSON in Rust
serialization
serde
file-io
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7 steps
python
import re from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
Building a deconstructible validator in Django
validation
regex
deconstructible
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7 steps
javascript
const formatters = new Map(); function getFormatter(locale, currency) { const key = `${locale}:${currency}`;
Caching Intl.NumberFormat for currency formatting
memoization
internationalization
caching
Intermediate
8 steps
ruby
class ArticleSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer attributes :id, :title, :slug, :excerpt, :reading_time, :published_at, :url belongs_to :author, serializer: UserSerializer
Shaping API output with ActiveModel::Serializer in Rails
serialization
json api
computed attributes
Intermediate
9 steps
typescript
import { Processor, WorkerHost, OnWorkerEvent } from '@nestjs/bullmq'; import { Logger } from '@nestjs/common'; import { Job } from 'bullmq'; import { MailerService } from '../mailer/mailer.service';
Processing background email jobs in NestJS
job-queue
background-processing
dependency-injection
Intermediate
7 steps