Haki Benita • 9/16/2019

How "Export to Excel" Almost Killed Our System

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The article details a real-world incident where an 'Export to Excel' feature caused high CPU usage and system slowdowns. It walks through the diagnostic process using tools like py-spy, identifies performance bottlenecks in Django queries and Excel generation, and explores solutions like optimizing database queries and patching the tablib library to use the faster pyexcelerate engine.

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