#Performance
- Django ORM: From sync_to_async Threads to Native psycopg3
A deep dive into how Django's ORM became truly async — why the old thread-pool trick was never real async, what changed in Django 6.0 with psycopg3 and ContextVar, and why asyncpg was left out.
- How I Optimized My Zsh Startup Time
An audit of my zsh config turned up shell forks, redundant plugins, and eager evals. Here are the eight fixes that shaved an estimated 400-700 ms off cold start.
- The Great Fork: How Redis Lost Its Soul and Valkey Found It
The story of Redis's controversial license change in March 2024 and how the open-source community responded by creating Valkey—a fork that's now outperforming the original on speed and efficiency.
- Cut Django Database Latency by 50-70ms With Native Connection Pooling
Deploy Django 5.1's native connection pooling in 10 minutes to cut database latency by 50-70ms, reduce connection overhead by 60-80%, and improve response times by 10-30% with zero external dependencies.