March 2022 Summaries

Github's webhooks system is the likely cause of recent downtime incidents, with high loads caused by widespread usage patterns. The service provides no visibility into webhooks being sent or failed, and does not implement retries, leading to lost webhooks forever. This highlights the importance of making webhooks more resilient through features such as retries and observability. Some experts suggest that webhooks can be a separate system from the main application, allowing them to scale independently while minimizing impact on the overall system.

The `Svix` library has been updated to use Python's asyncio library for asynchronous operations, which allows for more efficient and concurrent code development. The update includes type hints, making secure coding easier and improving team productivity. The changes also include a breaking change in exception handling, but the developers have committed to not having any further breaking changes moving forward. `Svix` is now compatible with Python versions 0.53.0 and above, and users are encouraged to update their code accordingly. The library's future development plans are being shared through updates on Twitter, Github, and RSS.