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by PYTHONDJANGO 1372 days ago
OK, thank you very much!

But why would anybody "kick off a task without the await part"?
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jon-wood 1372 days ago
Sometimes you want something to happen, but you don’t want to block whatever you’re doing on that. Think things like sending a welcome email when someone signs up for a new account.
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