#489 Or JSON?

About this episode

Topics covered in this episode: • django-orjson • Best Django Redis configuration for speed and size • Linus Torvalds puts the foot down against Anti-AI Kernel Maintainers • Django Steering Council backs the Triptych Project • Extras • Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: • Our courses at Talk Python • Consulting from Six Feet Up Connect with the hosts • Michael: Mastodon / BlueSky / X / LinkedIn • Calvin: Mastodon / BlueSky / X / LinkedIn • Show: Mastodon / BlueSky / X Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Tuesday at 7am PT. Older video versions available there too. Michael #1: django-orjson • Adam Johnson dropped django-orjson - drop-in replacements for the Django and DRF pieces that touch JSON, swapping stdlib json for orjson, the Rust-based library. Headline numbers: 10x faster serialization, 2x faster deserialization. • The interesting question is why this needs to be a package at all. pip install orjson is the easy part. Adam's actual pitch: adopting it "isn't easy, especially when your framework uses json in many different parts." Django scatters JSON a