Serving static files with Django and AWS - going fast on a budget

Found this little gem linked from TechCrunch today.

Serving static files with Django and AWS - going fast on a budget

Speed matters. When Google tried adding 20 additional results to their search pages, traffic dropped by 20%. The reason? Page generation took an extra .5 seconds. This article will show how Eventseer utilizes an often overlooked way of improving the responsiveness of a web application: Pre-generating and serving static files instead of dynamic pages.