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Send Dramatiq Tasks directly by Pushing JSON to Redis

Dramatiq uses JSON as the messaging format, and the sender or caller of the Job doesn’t need to have access to the Actor or know a lot about it. This has a considerable advantage. Once you set up the workers to execute the Job, all that is needed is to call the Job...

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Weekly Notes 44/2025

It was a hectic week, with short trips and numerous meetings to kick-start the work. There are many things slated to go live in the new year, so the year-end seems hectic.

Dramatiq: background tasks 0

Simple and Easy Background Tasks with Dramatiq

For a long time, I have been using Celery to do background tasks. It does work, but has limitations. Limitations become apparent when you teach it to someone or when someone new tries to use it. So I am always looking for simple (not trivial) and easier ways to achieve this. I have...

Sunset at Vembanad Lake, Kumarakom. 0

Kumarakom Backwaters

Vembanad Lake is one of the longest lakes in India and the largest in Kerala. It touches three districts in Kerala. So when we thought of exploring Kerala, we wanted to start with nature, and backwaters were the first thing that came to mind, besides beaches. We chose Kumarakom as it seemed to...

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Weekly Notes 40/2025

We are in Thrissur and will be here for some time. The drive from Bengaluru was comfortable and good. We left at 2:10 AM and reached our destination at 10:25 AM, covering approximately 500 km in 8 hours, including brief stops. I think that’s a very good average on Indian roads. I was...

Mukunda - single theater is Bengaluru was houseful. 0

Weekly Notes 32/2025

I spent most of the week (Monday through Thursday) in Mumbai. It was a busy but fruitful week. I got lots of things done. I usually carry everything in a backpack if it’s for a couple of days. But this time I had more, so I checked it in the luggage. I forgot...