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What happens when a Django app outgrows one server and database? From the archives, Andrew Godwin explores traffic patterns, background work, distributed data, performance traps, and team structure. Watch: youtu.be/gCNj8mMoq38 Join us in 2027: ti.to/defna/djangocon-us-202… #Django
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How does GraphQL perform in the real world? From the archives, Arianne Dee explores production concerns such as performance and security and demonstrates using Graphene with Django. Watch: youtu.be/bTh-JPgKKdQ Sponsor DjangoCon US 2027: 2027.djangocon.us/sponsors/i… #Django #GraphQL
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What does serverless mean for a Django app? From the archives, Rich Jones explores AWS Lambda, Zappa, event-driven architecture, background tasks, scaling, and costs. Watch: youtu.be/ixRZfVBn_A8 Join us at DjangoCon US 2027: ti.to/defna/djangocon-us-202… #Django #Serverless
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How can Kubernetes deploy and scale a complete Django stack? From the archives, Frank Wiles covers Django, PostgreSQL replication, persistent storage, failover, application servers, and routing. Watch: youtu.be/4LpaxvKsSlo Sponsor DCUS 2027: 2027.djangocon.us/sponsors/i… #Django
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Is it ever too late to learn programming? From the archives, Alicia V. Carr shares her journey of becoming a self-taught developer at 51 and building technology to support people. Watch: youtu.be/ujGCN9MOrRk Join us in 2027: ti.to/defna/djangocon-us-202…
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What makes an effective Django test suite? From the archives, Ana Balica explores Django testing tools, common techniques, best practices, performance, and a real-world example. Watch: youtu.be/Zo5q48BG8A4 Sponsor DjangoCon US 2027: 2027.djangocon.us/sponsors/i… #Django #Testing
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How can you unit-test Django code more effectively? From the archives, Wayne Merry applies mocks, dummy objects, and test harnesses to views, forms, ORM calls, and templates. Watch: youtu.be/Ue-a20-tKPI Join us in 2027: ti.to/defna/djangocon-us-202… #Django #Testing
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Long-running work should not leave users waiting. From the archives, Filipe Ximenes explores Celery, brokers, workers, retries, monitoring, testing, and debugging async tasks. Watch: youtu.be/XjzyOyLbvN8 Sponsor DjangoCon US 2027: 2027.djangocon.us/sponsors/i… #Django #Celery
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Django or Flask? The right choice depends on your project. From the archives, David “DB” Baumgold compares their approaches to databases, authentication, structure, and APIs. Watch: youtu.be/UY2JMZjQspY Sponsor DjangoCon US 2027: 2027.djangocon.us/sponsors/i… #Django #Flask
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When do you actually need a grid system? From the archives, Miriam Suzanne explores modern CSS layouts with Flexbox, CSS Grid, and custom properties. Watch: youtu.be/mDRfFEcj3-Q Join us at DjangoCon US 2027: ti.to/defna/djangocon-us-202… #Django #CSS
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You type `uWSGI`, press Enter, and then what happens? From the DjangoCon US archives, Philip James explains how uWSGI serves Python apps, manages workers and processes, and interacts with the OS and network. Watch: youtu.be/YoUZIzPGKT8 #Django #Python #uWSGI
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What can you build with a simple API? From the DjangoCon US archives, Charlotte Mays explores unconventional uses for Django REST Framework and its flexibility for projects both big and small. Watch the 2017 talk: youtu.be/-6tR5TffP0w #Django #Python #DRF
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Connect your organization with the Django community. Sponsor DjangoCon US 2027 to share your work, meet attendees, highlight opportunities, and support an accessible and welcoming conference. View the prospectus: 2027.djangocon.us/sponsors/i… #DjangoConUS #Django
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Make DjangoCon US part of your 2027 plans. Join the Django community for five days of learning and connection in Riverside, California. September 13–17, 2027 Get your ticket: ti.to/defna/djangocon-us-202… #DjangoConUS #Django #Python
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Can Django and PostgreSQL handle complex, high-volume time series data? From the DjangoCon US archives, Joaquín Scocozza shares the challenges, tradeoffs, and results of building with Django and Timescale. Watch: youtu.be/hXctK2NQTsc #Django #PostgreSQL #TimescaleDB
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Can you predict lightning strikes using Django and AWS? ⚡ From the DjangoCon US archives, Calvin Hendryx-Parker shows how to take an algorithm from a Jupyter Notebook to a production-ready, cloud-native application. Watch: youtu.be/77sIl2MsSgU #Django #Python #AWS
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Your documentation explains how the system works but does it explain why it was built that way? From the DjangoCon US archives, Juan Saavedra introduces Architectural Decision Records and a sustainable way to preserve technical context. Watch: youtu.be/_-0zHdJGTlw #Django
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A bad production migration can mean downtime, errors, or lost data. From the DjangoCon US archives, Benjamin Zagorsky covers reversible migrations, multiple branches, backward-compatible changes, and failed deployments. Watch: youtu.be/5ErDx3oi1lI #Django #Python #DevOps
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Can static type checking improve your Django workflow? From the DjangoCon US archives, Kyle Bebak demonstrates django-types and Pyright while exploring the challenges of adding type hints to Django code. Watch the 2022 talk: youtu.be/Lz4I7rFmFdY #Django #Python #Pyright
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Help us build a welcoming and accessible DjangoCon US 2027. Sponsor support funds opportunity grants, speaker stipends, captioning, inclusive meals, childcare assistance, and more. Explore sponsorship opportunities: 2027.djangocon.us/sponsors/i… #DjangoConUS #Django
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