Re:Django plugins you shouldn't start without
by ericd on Saturday November 02, 2013 @09:41PM
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I'll provide a dissenting opinion from everyone else and say that it's very nice being able to run a large site from a small number of web servers with very snappy requests, and to do this, it helps to not have the framework eat up 100ms. Also, a well tuned database or KV store can be extremely fast - just make sure all data is buffered in RAM and/or on SSDs.
Doing this right saves you from having to go all out on caching, and it can help keep your infrastructure simple, the benefits of which shouldn't be underestimated if you have a small team.
Also, if you're building interactive B2C sites and have some success, server costs can quickly become nontrivial, to the point where a 2-3x speedup can make a large monetary difference, and it's easier to not have to rewrite things for speed. If you're building B2B SAAS sites, server costs are probably a complete nonissue.
Doing this right saves you from having to go all out on caching, and it can help keep your infrastructure simple, the benefits of which shouldn't be underestimated if you have a small team.
Also, if you're building interactive B2C sites and have some success, server costs can quickly become nontrivial, to the point where a 2-3x speedup can make a large monetary difference, and it's easier to not have to rewrite things for speed. If you're building B2B SAAS sites, server costs are probably a complete nonissue.