diff --git a/rumqttc/examples/basic-publisher.rs b/rumqttc/examples/basic-publisher.rs
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+use tokio::{task, time};
+
+use rumqttc::{self, AsyncClient, Event, MqttOptions, Outgoing, Packet, QoS};
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+#[tokio::main(worker_threads = 1)]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    pretty_env_logger::init();
+    // color_backtrace::install();
+
+    let mut mqttoptions = MqttOptions::new("basic-publisher", "localhost", 1884);
+    mqttoptions.set_keep_alive(Duration::from_secs(5));
+
+    let (client, mut eventloop) = AsyncClient::new(mqttoptions, 10);
+    task::spawn(async move {
+        requests(client).await;
+        time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+    });
+
+    let mut i = 0;
+    loop {
+        let event = eventloop.poll().await;
+        match event.unwrap() {
+            Event::Incoming(Packet::PubAck(packet)) => {
+                println!("[{i}] Incoming puback: {:?}", packet);
+            }
+            Event::Outgoing(Outgoing::Publish(packet)) => {
+                i += 1;
+                println!("[{i}] Outgoing publish: {:?}", packet);
+            }
+            _ => continue,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn requests(client: AsyncClient) {
+    for _ in 1..=10 {
+        client
+            .publish("hello/world", QoS::AtLeastOnce, false, vec![1; 1024])
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+    }
+
+    time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(120)).await;
+}
diff --git a/rumqttc/examples/basic-subscriber.rs b/rumqttc/examples/basic-subscriber.rs
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+use tokio::{task, time};
+
+use rumqttc::{self, AsyncClient, Event, MqttOptions, Packet, QoS};
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+#[tokio::main(worker_threads = 1)]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    pretty_env_logger::init();
+    // color_backtrace::install();
+
+    let mut mqttoptions = MqttOptions::new("basic-subscriber", "localhost", 1884);
+    mqttoptions.set_keep_alive(Duration::from_secs(5));
+
+    let (client, mut eventloop) = AsyncClient::new(mqttoptions, 10);
+    task::spawn(async move {
+        requests(client).await;
+        time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+    });
+
+    let mut i = 0;
+    loop {
+        let event = eventloop.poll().await;
+        match event.unwrap() {
+            Event::Incoming(Packet::Publish(packet)) => {
+                i += 1;
+                println!("[{i}] Incoming publish: {:?}", packet);
+            }
+            Event::Incoming(e) => {
+                println!(" Incoming event: {:?}", e);
+            }
+            _ => continue,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn requests(client: AsyncClient) {
+    client
+        .subscribe("hello/world", QoS::AtMostOnce)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}