The assert statement has been a developer’s quick tool for years — but in 2025, more teams are ditching it in production.
✅ Why?
- assert disappears in optimized mode (-O), breaking critical checks
- It raises generic AssertionError, making debugging harder
- Logs and metrics tied to assert can silently vanish
🔥 Learn safer alternatives:
- Explicit exceptions (raise ValueError)
- Custom exception classes
- Validation with Pydantic, FastAPI, Django, etc. 👉 Read the article: https://blog.devgenius.io/why-you-should-avoid-assert-in-python-in-2025-risks-and-safer-alternatives-0aa4a7e65646