Why Your Django Admin Is an Hour Behind and Why Your Database Isn't Wrong
Why Django stores time in UTC, why that's right for production, and how to make the admin and Celery Beat show the time your users actually live in.
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Backend Engineering
Part 1: Synchronous vs Asynchronous: Understanding How Backend Systems Execute Work
Synchronous and asynchronous execution are two fundamental ways backend systems handle work. One waits for tasks to finish before moving forward, while the other allows work to continue independently. In this article, we break down the difference with practical backend and Django examples and clarify why asynchronous doesn’t necessarily mean faster.
What "Stateless" Actually Means
Stateless doesn't mean no memory, it means deciding where that memory lives. A breakdown of what statelessness actually buys you in a Django/Celery stack, and why it's the backbone of horizontal scaling.
Understanding the N+1 Query Problem in Django (Part 1)
Learn what the N+1 query problem is in Django, why it slows down your APIs, and how to eliminate unnecessary database queries using `select_related()` and `prefetch_related()`. This guide covers the fundamentals of Django ORM optimization with practical examples and best practices for building faster, more scalable applications.