I’m not sure I’d go as far as “always a bad decision”, but Python async is definitely something that shouldn’t be adopted without carefully considering alternat

I’m not sure I’d go as far as “always a bad decision”, but Python async is definitely something that shouldn’t be adopted without carefully considering alternatives and being aware of the requisite expertise needed. It’s an advanced and sharp-edged tool, and I wish people forced to use it (e.g. due to the use of libraries that only expose an async API) had better tools to make its limited adoption in an otherwise-sync codebase easier. Especially in Python, threads and blocking code should definitely be encouraged as a first resort.