FastAPI in Production: How Big Tech Is Powering APIs with Python’s Fastest Framework
🔍 Introduction In the modern era of microservices, developers need backend frameworks that are fast, reliable, and easy to use. Enter FastAPI — a relatively new Python framework that has taken the backend world by storm. Built on Starlette and Pydantic , FastAPI offers high performance, asynchronous support, and auto-generated docs with Swagger UI. But is FastAPI just a developer favorite, or is it being used by the tech giants too? Let’s explore who’s using FastAPI in production, why it’s gaining so much popularity, and how it compares to other frameworks. 🚀 What is FastAPI? FastAPI is a modern, fast (high-performance) web framework for building APIs with Python 3.7+ based on standard Python type hints . Key features: Asynchronous support (async/await) Automatic interactive API docs Data validation with Pydantic Built-in OAuth2 and JWT support Very fast (comparable to NodeJS & Go) 📊 Popularity of FastAPI FastAPI is among the fastest-growing ...
