8. Notice that this *path operation function* uses regular `def` instead of `async def`.

    As always, in FastAPI you can combine `def` and `async def` as needed.

    If you need a refresher about when to use which, check out the section _"In a hurry?"_ in the docs about [`async` and `await`](../async.md#in-a-hurry){.internal-link target=_blank}.

By declaring types for your variables, editors and tools can give you better support.

This is just a **quick tutorial / refresher** about Python type hints. It covers only the minimum necessary to use them with **FastAPI**... which is actually very little.

**FastAPI** is all based on these type hints, they give it many advantages and benefits.

				}
			}
		}()
	}

	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))

	// Calculate the waitInterval between periodic refreshes so that each server
	// independently picks a (uniformly distributed) random time in an interval
	// of size = baseInterval.
	//
	// For example:
	//
	//    - if baseInterval=10s, then 5s <= waitInterval() < 15s