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Nice post, tons of great advice. However, I have to say that the title is wrong. There's nothing django specific about any of those approaches. I've tried djan

by ashray 14y ago

Nice post, tons of great advice. However, I have to say that the title is wrong. There's nothing django specific about any of those approaches. I've tried django-compress and it was a nightmare, the old style synccompress was actually easier to setup and get working for some reason.. Was hoping for a better rolled solution. Also, the part about cloudfront isn't written very clearly. I had to stop for a moment and think about what it meant. Great idea nonetheless. S3's gzip support sucks. For some odd reason (I don't support IE6..) the gzip from S3 was breaking on IE9. Worked fine on 8 and 10. Broke on 9. =/

rdpfeffer 14y ago
You're right, most of this stuff is not django specific. But since we're using it, we thought we'd let everyone know since its likely the most popular python web framework.
rdpfeffer 14y ago
Also, I can't tell you how much I hate that "cloudflare" sounds so much like "cloudfront". I've been in at least 6 convos where people were mixing one for the other. Esp, since they solve some of the same problems.
- ashray 14y ago
  Actually that's exactly what happened to me! :P I thought oh so cloudflare can fix this, eh. I should just reverse proxy my stuff through cloudflare. Then I realized, oh they said cloudfront. So you could still technically keep your stuff in your S3 bucket, though you'd end up paying more for S3 originating transfer as well. In this case, cloudFRONT (the non amazon one!!) may be the better choice. Hate that they sound the same. I even get my OWN THOUGHTS mixed up sometimes :(
  - rdpfeffer 14y ago
    Hilarious, I wonder how much they gain from devs getting mixed up on recommendations. Probably better for Cloudflare if you ask me. Personally, I don't think it makes sense to use CloudFront if you are already using cloudflare. Its easier to use if your just talking web statics.
- rdl 14y ago
  Just don't get either confused with "stormfront".

by ashray 14y ago

rdpfeffer 14y ago

You're right, most of this stuff is not django specific. But since we're using it, we thought we'd let everyone know since its likely the most popular python web framework.

rdpfeffer 14y ago

Also, I can't tell you how much I hate that "cloudflare" sounds so much like "cloudfront". I've been in at least 6 convos where people were mixing one for the other. Esp, since they solve some of the same problems.

ashray 14y ago
Actually that's exactly what happened to me! :P I thought oh so cloudflare can fix this, eh. I should just reverse proxy my stuff through cloudflare. Then I realized, oh they said cloudfront. So you could still technically keep your stuff in your S3 bucket, though you'd end up paying more for S3 originating transfer as well. In this case, cloudFRONT (the non amazon one!!) may be the better choice. Hate that they sound the same. I even get my OWN THOUGHTS mixed up sometimes :(
- rdpfeffer 14y ago
  Hilarious, I wonder how much they gain from devs getting mixed up on recommendations. Probably better for Cloudflare if you ask me. Personally, I don't think it makes sense to use CloudFront if you are already using cloudflare. Its easier to use if your just talking web statics.
rdl 14y ago
Just don't get either confused with "stormfront".