Guides

Python Async/Await Explained (Without the Jargon)

A plain-English explanation of Python’s async/await, when it actually helps, and the mistakes that make it worse than sync code

asyncconcurrency

Resources

Robyn

A Rust-powered async Python web framework built for speed, with no dependency on Node.js tooling

rustperformance

Uvicorn

Lightning-fast ASGI server that powers FastAPI, Starlette, and most modern async Python web apps

asgiserver

aiohttp

Async HTTP client/server framework — handles thousands of concurrent connections and is widely used for web scraping, APIs, and async microservices

asynchttp

Celery

Distributed task queue for Python — handles background jobs, scheduled tasks, and async processing in web applications

asynctasks

HTTPX

A modern, async-capable HTTP client for Python — the natural successor to Requests with full HTTP/2 support

httpasync

Litestar

Modern, opinionated ASGI framework with first-class support for OpenAPI, dependency injection, DTOs, and WebSockets — a batteries-included FastAPI alternative

asgiasync

Starlette

Lightweight ASGI framework that powers FastAPI — ideal for building high-performance async web services, WebSockets, and background tasks

asgiasync

Strawberry GraphQL

Modern GraphQL library for Python using type hints and dataclasses — integrates with Django, FastAPI, and Flask with full async support

graphqlapi

FastAPI

Modern web framework for building fast APIs with automatic interactive documentation

frameworkapi