# A Python story about the GIL, threading, and replacing ProcessPoolExecutor

DevFeed: [A Python story about the GIL, threading, and replacing ProcessPoolExecutor](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/killing-the-processpoolexecutor-18551.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tinybird.co/blog/killing-the-processpoolexecutor>)

Author: Tinybird

Published: 2023-08-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tinybird](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tinybird.md>)

Topics: [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [engineering-excellence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-excellence.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [threading](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/threading.md>)

## AI overview

A story about Python's GIL and threading, describing work to fix code that already works and replace ProcessPoolExecutor.

## Source excerpt

A story about the Python GIL, threading, and fixing code that already works.