hackertube.io

DjangoCon 2008 Keynote: Cal Henderson

Google for Developers · talk · Watch on YouTube

Web developmentPython, Ruby & scripting languagesSoftware architecture & design

What it is

Cal Henderson's DjangoCon 2008 keynote, "Why I Hate Django", is a funny critique of Django from a Flickr architect. It touches on scaling topics such as database replication.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a brilliant, hilarious talk, though not the most educational.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2009, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “a brilliant (and hilarious) talk”

    Brilliant, funny critique of Django from a Flickr architect.

    aroman, 2013-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Django plugins you shouldn't start without”

  2. “He seems to know his stuff.”

    Cal Henderson's DjangoCon 2008 keynote.

    jodrellblank, 2009-05 · Recommendation · in “Cal Henderson leaves Flickr to create new startup”

  3. “The ones from 08 were amazing”

    Among the favorite DjangoCon 2008 talks.

    forsaken, 2010-01 · Recommendation · in “DjangoCon Talk Videos Starting to Go Up”

  4. “A great example of this type of presentation done well”

    Example of a well-done presentation style.

    tsally, 2010-02 · Recommendation · in “Bill Gates is officially redeemed from presentation purgatory”

  5. “Cal Henderson noted that Flickr uses multiple masters replicating to slave servers”

    Flickr's multi-master replication setup, discussed in keynote.

    sph, 2010-11 · Recommendation · in “Comparing MySQL and Postgres 9.0 Replication”

  6. “Not that it is the most educational talk”

    Funny talk, though not the most educational.

    davur, 2016-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: django, cal henderson, flickr, scaling, keynote, humor

Also recommended by the same people