DSDouglas Sabwa Indumwainblog.douglas.africaThe Illusion of Modern Stacks in African TechThere is a quiet performance happening in African tech. On social media, we speak Kubernetes.In production, we deploy chaos. We proudly announce: Microservices Event-driven systems Serverless archi1d ago·5 min read
IIIoan Istrateinblog.tripvento.comI Removed One Line of Django Code and My API Got 95ms FasterThe Problem Tripvento's city-matrix endpoint returns every hotel in a city scored against 14 traveler personas. At 33 cities it felt fast. At 212 cities, with 24,000+ hotels, cold responses were creep3d ago·9 min read
ARAditya Raj Singhinblog.adityarajsingh.inTerraform on AWS: Deploy a Highly Available Django App with Auto Scaling and Load BalancingIn the world of cloud computing, terms like “highly available” and “scalable architecture” often float around in whitepapers, certification courses, and online tutorials. They’re buzzwords that sound 4d ago·8 min read
DMDaisuke Masudaindaisuke.masuda.tokyoPython for Java Engineers: Django vs Spring Boot — A Battle-Tested Comparison for Server-Side API Development"Engineers with Java design skills become the ultimate full-stack developers when they master Python." As a Java/Spring Boot veteran, you already understand layered architecture, dependency injection4d ago·19 min read
VKVamsi Krishnainvamsikrishnadev.hashnode.devHow Two Lines of Code Cut Our AWS Bill by $200/Month (Next.js + Django Case Study)The 3am Wake-Up Call Nobody Wants It was a Thursday night. Our Small SaaS app—built with Next.js and Django REST Framework—had just crossed 50,000 daily users. We were celebrating... until Slack lit uFeb 19·11 min read
IIIoan Istrateinblog.tripvento.comHow I Built a Self Auditing Data Pipeline With Multiple LLMsWhen your hotel database thinks "Game Room, Deck & Yard: Chicago Home" is a hotel, you have a data quality problem. When it happens across 212 cities in 25 countries, this isn’t a travel problem; it’sFeb 17·12 min read
RJRajat Joginbuilding-django-system-audit.hashnode.devBuilding an Append-Only ML Decision Ledger for Regulated Systems (Fintech & Healthcare)Modern ML systems don’t just make predictions. They make decisions. Flag a transaction as fraud. Deny a loan. Reject an insurance claim. Escalate a patient risk score. And in regulated industries like fintech and healthcare, every one of those ...Feb 17·6 min read
MMariinfreecodecamp.orgHow to Optimize Django REST APIs for Performance: Profiling, Caching, and Scaling.Performance problems in APIs rarely start as performance problems. They usually start as small design decisions that worked perfectly when the application had ten users, ten records, or a single developer testing locally. Over time, as traffic increa...Feb 17·13 min read
SKSatyajit Kumarinsatyajit-dev.hashnode.devHow Django's URL Dispatcher Works: A Deep Dive for Backend DevsURL Dispatching - The Entry Point The Core Concept Think of URL dispatching as your application's reception desk. When a request arrives at your Django server, the URL dispatcher's job is to: Look at the requested URL (e.g., /blog/posts/123/) Match...Feb 15·2 min read
DODavid Ozokoyeinsendlayer.hashnode.devBuilding a secure password reset system in DjangoOriginally published at SendLayer Blog This article is part of the SendLayer developer resources. If you're building a Django application with user authentication, you'll need a way for users to reset their passwords when they forget them. Fortunate...Feb 15·13 min read
