Learn How Disqus Does 'It' When 'It' Isn't Django

3,710 views · Published 3 July 2013 · 30:42 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: InfoQ · 2013 · Science & Technology

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Over the past few years, Disqus has become one of the biggest Django apps in existence, crossing over a billion unique visitors a month. But sometimes Django isn't the right tool for the job.

Join Disqus engineer Adam Hitchcock to learn how nginx modules and Lua can replace Python services, about the infrastructure that launched realtime and ad services, as well as about some of the failures they've encountered along the way.

** For more great Python videos and training resources, as well as Adam's slides from this talk, head to http://mrkn.co/0h7ey

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