Engineering - Category - Filipe Felisbinohttps://felisbino.dev/categories/engineering/Engineering - Category - Filipe FelisbinoHugo -- gohugo.ioenThu, 15 May 2025 02:16:55 +0000Taming the Beast: Making uWSGI's Harakiri Less Murderoushttps://felisbino.dev/posts/2025-05-15-harakiri-improvement/Thu, 15 May 2025 02:16:55 +0000Filipe Felisbinohttps://felisbino.dev/posts/2025-05-15-harakiri-improvement/Back in the ancient times of 2021, when we were still writing all of our code and doing all troubleshooting without AI assistance, I found myself wrestling with a particularly angry piece of infrastructure: uWSGI’s harakiri mechanism.

The Problem: When Harakiri Goes Too Far

Picture this: You’re running a Python web app, and suddenly one request decides to take a leisurely stroll through molasses. Maybe it’s waiting on a slow database query, or perhaps it’s gotten lost in an infinite loop of contemplation about the meaning of life (and JSON parsing).

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