nickcernis

Exclude node_modules and .git from Backblaze backups on Mac

1. Edit the file at /Library/Backblaze.bzpkg/bzdata/bzexcluderules_editable.xml.
2. Add these rules inside the bzexclusions tag:

<!-- Exclude node_modules. -->
<excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*"  ruleIsOptional="t" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/" contains_1="/node_modules/" contains_2="*" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />
<excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*"  ruleIsOptional="t" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="users/" contains_1="/.git/" contains_2="*" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />

akhushnazarov

Optimizing Django and Celery for Handling Many Concurrent Requests

Handling a high volume of concurrent requests in a Django application with Celery for background tasks can be challenging. This guide will walk you through the necessary steps to optimize your setup for better performance and scalability.

Default Setup with Gunicorn and Celery

By default, Gunicorn with Django and Celery uses synchronous workers to handle web requests and background tasks. This means:

• Gunicorn: Uses sync workers which can handle one request at a time per worker.
• Celery: Processes tasks synchronously within each worker.