3 videos · 3 events · 2014–2017 · 1h 18m of video
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DjangoCon US 2017 · September 7, 2017
Jacinda Shelly describes returning to software work after the birth of her daughter and the gap between her expectations and the realities of newborn care. She explains how remote work, gradual changes to her office schedule, family help, and part-time childcare made it possible to…
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DjangoCon US 2015 · September 18, 2015
Jacinda Shelly explains how Django admin list views become slow as data grows, using Django Debug Toolbar to identify repeated queries. She shows how `list_display`, `list_select_related`, custom querysets with `only()` or `defer()`, `prefetch_related()`, and queryset annotations with `Count` reduce database work, taking an example from…
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DjangoCon US 2014 · September 13, 2014
Doctor on Demand connects patients to licensed physicians for video consultations, and its matching system must account for the patient’s location, the doctors’ state licenses, doctor availability, and the uncertain time required to find a doctor. Jacinda Shelley explains why generic customer-support routing systems were…