AI Face Detector: Spotting AI-Made Faces with MobileNetV2
AI Face Detector classifies a face photo as real or StyleGAN-generated: MobileNetV2 transfer learning, a FastAPI service, and an honest look at its limits.
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Real-Time WebSockets with FastAPI and Redis
Build a FastAPI WebSocket server, scale it across instances with Redis Pub/Sub, and handle pings, auth, Nginx proxying and client reconnects with backoff.
API Authentication Strategies: JWT, OAuth 2.1, Passkeys
API authentication strategies by caller: storing API keys safely, JWT pitfalls, OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, passkeys, mTLS between services, and FastAPI dependencies.
Python Logging Best Practices with structlog
Python logging best practices: stdlib logging rules, JSON logs with structlog, request IDs, redacting secrets, OpenTelemetry trace IDs, common mistakes.
Building a Reliable Webhook Handler in Python
A reliable webhook handler in Python and FastAPI: HMAC signature checks, replay protection, a durable inbox table, idempotent processing and event fan-out.
API Rate Limiting in Python with Redis, Lua and FastAPI
API rate limiting in Python: token bucket vs sliding window, an atomic Redis Lua limiter, a FastAPI dependency, 429 with Retry-After, and client-side backoff.
Building a REST API with FastAPI, Pydantic v2 and Async
A practical FastAPI REST API guide: Pydantic v2 schemas, Annotated dependencies, async SQLAlchemy, testing and a lean Docker setup, with code that runs.
