David Arcos - Efficient Django Does Django scale? How to manage traffic peaks? What happens when the database grows too big? How to find the bottlenecks? We will overview the basics concepts on scalability and performance, and then see some tips and tricks. These statements will be backed up with experiments and numbers, to show the timing improvements. ----- **Does Django scale?** How to manage traffic peaks? What happens when the database grows too big? How to find the bottlenecks? We will overview the basics concepts on scalability and performance, and then see some tips and tricks. These statements will be backed up with experiments and numbers, to show the timing improvements. Main topics: - System architecture - Database performance - Queues and workers - Profiling with django-debug-toolbar - Caching queries and templates - Dealing with a slow admin - Optimizing the models - Faster tests