Peter Baumgartner
Peter is the founder of Lincoln Loop, having built it up from a small freelance operation in 2007 into a leading agency known for solving complex technical challenges with Django and Python. He is constantly learning and is well-versed in many technical disciplines including devops, scaling, back-end, and front-end development. Peter is a frequent speaker at DjangoCon and has given talks at PyCon and SaltConf as well. In 2013 he co-authored the book High Performance Django, detailing the techniques used at Lincoln Loop to build high-traffic, scalable sites with Django. He has been interviewed about Lincoln Loop's remote work style by Wired and 37signals and been published on Forbes, FastCompany and TechRepublic among others.
Currently residing in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Peter enjoys a well balanced life with his wife and two children. Beyond technology, his passions include skiing and biking in the mountains near his home as well as the occasional surf trip south of the border.
Session
In 2014, I co-authored High Performance Django, a book that helped thousands of developers build faster, more reliable Django apps. Ten years later, I’m back to share what’s changed and what hasn’t.
This talk distills a decade of lessons from the front lines at Lincoln Loop, where we build and maintain Django sites handling hundreds of millions of requests per month. You’ll learn which performance strategies have stood the test of time, which ones we’ve outgrown, and what’s new in our current stack for keeping Django fast, stable, and scalable in 2025.