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Tools for Benchmarking Performance & Load Testing Web Apps

A Benchmark is a set of standard or point of reference against which things may be compared. As a reference point it helps us to know if our software or product is performing well or not. Hence in a way benchmarking is useful for determining and measuring performance. It is useful for setting a baseline …

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How to Stop Django or Flask Server without Ctrl + C

Ctrl + C is an awesome and common way to stop most process especially when being run from the terminal. In this tutorial we will explore how to stop a Django application or Flask application without using Ctrl + C. This idea is useful when you are working within a script or a CI/CD pipeline …

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Logging into PostgreSQL without password prompt

Postgresql is a powerful opensource database software that is very useful as botha production and development database management software.In this tutorial we will explore three ways we can log into a postgresql database without password prompt. By default, when logging into postgresql using psql, you will encounter the fatal error of authentication. psql: error: connection …

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How to Run a PyPi Mirror Locally on Your Laptop using DevPi

Mirroring websites refer to the concept of replicating or copying a website or any network node with the purpose of Reducing network traffic, improve access speed Ensuring availability of the original site for technical or political reasons Providing a real-time backup of the original site. In this tutorial we will be making a mirror of PyPI …

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Deploying Streamlit and FastAPI apps using Docker and Docker-compose

Containerization refers to the process of virtualization in which all the components of an application are bundled into a single container image and can be run in isolated user space on the same shared operating system. The containers are basically a fully functional and portable cloud or non-cloud computing environment surrounding the application and keeping …

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