A short guide to organizing FastAPI apps beyond a single main.py file. FastAPI makes it easy to start with a single main.py file. That is great for demos, prototypes, and small APIs. But once your application grows, one file can quickly turn into a mix of routes, database logic, security helpers, settings, and business rules. A clear project structure helps keep the app easier to understand, test,
I shipped gni-compression to npm two days ago. One of the first questions I got (from myself, running benchmarks at midnight): does it work on anything other than chat data? Short answer: not yet. Long answer: I found out exactly why, and it led me somewhere more interesting than I expected. After the npm launch I ran GN against Silesia — the standard general text compression benchmark suite. Dick
What is FastAPI? As the name suggests, FastAPI is a modern Python framework designed for building RESTful APIs with high performance and minimal boilerplate. In 2026, it has become the industry standard because it’s exceptionally fast, reliable, and includes powerful out of the box features — such as automatic interactive documentation and native support for asynchronous programming. These comma