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Use PostgreSQL check constraints, function-based or virtual generated columns, and hash-based exclusion constraints to reduce scans, shrink indexes, and enforce uniqueness efficiently.

Django 6.0 adds a native tasks abstraction but only supports one-off tasks without scheduling, retries, persistence, or a worker backend, limiting real-world utility.

Multiplayer Snake implemented in Django using Django LiveView, 270 lines of Python, server side game state, WebSocket driven HTML updates, no custom JavaScript.

Reusable SVG icon pack using Django template partialdefs and dynamic includes to render configurable icons with classes, avoiding custom template tags.

HTMX combined with Django, Celery, and procedural server-side views enabled rapid, maintainable network automation tools for Paris 2024, improving developer productivity and AI-assisted code generation.

Convert old data migrations that have already run into noop RunPython migrations to preserve the migration graph while preventing test slowdowns and legacy breakage.

Your “simple” __date filter might be turning a millisecond query into a 30-second table scan—here’s the subtle Django ORM trap and the one-line fix that restores index-level performance.