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#534: diskcache: Your secret Python perf weapon

13.01.2026
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Your cloud SSD is sitting there, bored, and it would like a job. Today we’re putting it to work with DiskCache, a simple, practical cache built on SQLite that can speed things up without spinning up Redis or extra services. Once you start to see what it can do, a universe of possibilities opens up. We're joined by Vincent Warmerdam to dive into DiskCache.
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diskcache docs: grantjenks.com
LLM Building Blocks for Python course: training.talkpython.fm
JSONDisk: grantjenks.com
Git Code Archaeology Charts: koaning.github.io
Talk Python Cache Admin UI: blobs.talkpython.fm
Litestream SQLite streaming: litestream.io
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