#534: diskcache: Your secret Python perf weapon
Your cloud SSD is sitting there, bored, and it would like a job. Today we’re putting it to work with DiskCache, a simple, practical cache built on SQLite that can speed things up without spinning up Redis or extra services. Once you start to see what it can do, a universe of possibilities opens up. We're joined by Vincent Warmerdam to dive into DiskCache. Episode sponsors Talk Python Courses Python in Production Links from the show diskcache docs: grantjenks.com LLM Building Blocks for Python course: training.talkpython.fm JSONDisk: grantjenks.com Git Code Archaeology Charts: koaning.github.io Talk Python Cache Admin UI: blobs.talkpython.fm Litestream SQLite streaming: litestream.io Plash hosting: pla.sh Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode #534 deep-dive: talkpython.fm/534 Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm Theme Song: Developer Rap 🥁 Served in a Flask 🎸: talkpython.fm/flasksong ---== Don't be a stranger ==--- YouTube: youtube.com/@talkpython Bluesky: @talkpython.fm Mastodon: @talkpython@fosstodon.org X.com: @talkpython Michael on Bluesky: @mkennedy.codes Michael on Mastodon: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Michael on X.com: @mkennedy