11/08/2026
Ever had a single .delete() call bring down a production job?
In this blog post, Pedro writes about how one Django .delete() cascaded through a production-scale dataset and ran a 4 GB instance clean out of memory, and digs into how Django's Collector actually works under the hood to explain why.
If you work with Django, ORMs, or anything running at "prod scale," this one's for you.
Read at lab.codes/how-django-delete-ate-4gb