[portland] python bridge talk questions / advice

[kirby urner]

>>
>> I be happy to share, but I was hoping for someone to point out some
>> for me to use as starting points ;)
>

This is the kind of diagram that scares me:

http://jayant7k.blogspot.com/2007/04/livejournal-system-architecture.html

This one is actually enlightening, but also suggests complexity:

http://blogs.nuxeo.com/sections/blogs/fermigier/2006_01_22_updated-megaframeworks/downloadFile/attachedFile_1_f0/megaframeworks-v2.png

(hope it pulls up for ya).

Not much help probably, out of date no doubt.

Dylan's endorsement is heartening:

>
> Honestly, I don't know of many.  The ORM and templating systems are pretty
> lightweight and you can swap in different solutions if you want to.  The
> major gripes I've heard are with the architecture of the admin module... but
> it's optional and typically not used under load anyway.
> The problems I've seen with Django deployments are typically configuration
> issues.  Things like using memcached on a virtual host system where memory
> is sparse.  Or forgetting to turn of the DEBUG flag.
>
> That's why I'd love to hear if you encounter any issues.  I'm just not aware
> of that many.
>
> Dylan

So I've been working with MySQL and PostgreSQL, but wonder if the much
ballyhooed Django->SQLServer (MSFT) is under someone's belt around
here (not mine).

Kirby