Robyn: A fast async Python web framework with a Rust runtime

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Robyn is a Python web framework that pairs a Rust runtime (Tokio-backed) with Python handlers to deliver near-native speed, claiming over 500k installs and nearing 2k stars on GitHub. The runtime spawns real OS threads and a multi-threaded router to bypass the GIL, supports sync and async callables, multiple workers, built-in WebSocket and a bundled server (no ASGI adapter required). TechEmpower benchmarks show ~1M requests/min; a CLI, extensions, and consequest caching are already implemented.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Robin
2. 0:33The origin story
3. 1:42Naming the project
4. 2:10Philosophy and motivation
5. 2:37Performance and architecture
6. 2:56Ease of use and servers
7. 4:13Scalability at scale
8. 4:39Extensibility
9. 8:36Application lifecycle tools
10. 9:00Building the community
11. 16:26The Sparkles organization
12. 17:06Closing summary
13. 21:05Prisma versus SQL Alchemy

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