#534: diskcache: Your secret Python perf weapon

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. Episode sponsors Talk Python Courses Python in Production Links from the show 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 Plash hosting : pla.sh Watch this episode on YouTube : youtube.com Episode deep-dive : talkpython.fm/534 Episode transcripts : talkpython.fm Theme Song: Developer Rap 🥁 Served in a Flask 🎸 : talkpython.fm/flasksong ---== Don't be a stranger ==--- YouTube : youtube.com/@talkpython Bluesky : @talkpython.fm Mastodon : @talkpython@fosstodon.org X.com : @talkpython Michael on Bluesky : @mkennedy.codes Michael on Mastodon : @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Michael on X.com : @mkennedy

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#534: diskcache: Your secret Python perf weapon is an episode from Talk Python To Me - Python conversations for passionate developers by Michael Kennedy.

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This episode was published on Jan 13, 2026.

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