Lessons Learned using FastAPI in the Wild

In this talk attendees will learn about how dependency injection in FastAPI can help structure applications and aid testing. In testing FastAPI apps they will find out about verifying correctness of HTTP endpoints vs the documentation. From the automatically generated documentation they will see how simple it is to generate a client. Attendees will also find out about scaling FastAPI containers in a container orchestrator like Kubernetes and about how to spot performance problems which might arise in asynchronous Python applications.

🎯 Target Audience

• Python & backend developers
• Engineers exploring async Python & modern API frameworks
• DevOps / platform engineers
• QA / test engineers focused on API testing and validation
• Technical architects & cloud-native developers evaluating scalable, production-ready systems

📍 Event Details
Location: The Gamer Club, Glasgow
Venue Info: A purpose-built basement venue for tech meetups — includes console lounge, arcade, kitchen/bar, PCs, projector, and gigabit internet.
💡 BYOB welcome | Free tea & coffee available
Directions: https://www.thegamerclub.co.uk/gettinghere
Date: 2026-02-04
Time: 18:30
Timezone: Europe/London

🎥 Streaming
We aim to stream this talk live here:
👉 Watch on YouTube

📬 Contact
If you have questions, get in touch:
📧 organisers@python.scot

💬 Matrix Chat
Matrix is an open, secure chat platform for communities and collaboration.
Join our Python Glasgow matrix room to chat with organisers and attendees:
https://matrix.to/#/#python:glasgow.social