Asyncpg: Building High-Throughput APIs in Python
If you are building APIs in Python, standard SQLAlchemy is holding you back. For high-throughput, read-heavy workloads, async Python combined with asyncpg is up to 3x faster. Here is how to architect for pure speed.
Database Communication Bottleneck
Synchronous drivers block the event loop and limit concurrency on even the best hardware.
Synchronous vs Asynchronous DB Drivers
Thread-blocking vs native async event loops. Deep explanation with performance graphs.
Implementing asyncpg with FastAPI
Connection pools, transactions, Pydantic integration—full code patterns and best practices.
Benchmarking the Difference
3x concurrent user capacity on same hardware. Real numbers and testing methodology.
Refactor to async when throughput matters. The difference is night and day.
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