Dormnic Odhiambo

Dormnic Odhiambo is a seasoned backend engineer with 9 years of experience designing and scaling complex systems, including two years as an engineering manager. He specializes in building resilient architectures, optimizing system performance, and enhancing developer workflows. Passionate about scaling both products and teams, Dormnic focuses on clean design, efficient processes, and fostering eng


Session

08-11
10:30
30min
Modernizing Django Monoliths: When (and How) to Use Microservices
Dormnic Odhiambo

Django excels at building monoliths, but as applications grow, scaling and maintaining them becomes challenging. This talk explores when breaking a monolith into microservices makes sense, common pitfalls, and best practices for transitioning. Learn how Django can coexist with FastAPI, NestJS, or Rust services while maintaining performance, security, and developer efficiency.

DjangoCon
Main Hall