Python · Mid-level · System design

A Django monolith can no longer keep up with growing traffic. How would you design how it runs in production: the application server, the worker model, the number of workers, and working with the database?

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The interviewer wants to see whether you understand how a Python web application actually runs in production: why you need processes because of the GIL, how to choose the number and type of workers, and that the database with its connection limit usually becomes the bottleneck before the CPU does.

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