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Code reviewMediumcr-g121
Subject SerializationLevel Mid–Senior~25 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

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Review this Python that serializes an event for an API.

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from datetime import datetimeimport json def serialize(event):    return json.dumps({        'name': event['name'],        'at': str(datetime.now()),    }) def parse_at(s):    return datetime.strptime(s, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
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