What problem does it solve?
Production-grade Django architecture patterns and best practices that reduce design drift, prevent common performance pitfalls, and standardize REST API and ORM design so applications remain maintainable and scalable as they grow.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Split settings & secure production configuration: organize base, development, test, and production settings with security-first defaults.
- Model, QuerySet, and Manager patterns: enforce reusable QuerySets, indexing, constraints, and custom manager helpers to avoid N+1 queries and inefficient access patterns.
- Django REST Framework patterns: serializer validation, create/update serializers, ViewSet conventions, custom actions, filtering, pagination, and permission patterns for robust APIs.
- Service layer & transactional operations: move business logic out of views, use atomic transactions for order processing and payment flows.
- Caching, signals, and middleware: layer view-level and low-level cache strategies, pattern for signals and app readiness, and middleware for logging and active-user tracking.
- Use Case: build a scalable e-commerce API with performant product listings, secure checkout flows, background caching, and maintainable app structure.
Quick Start
Use the django-patterns skill to review my Django project and generate concrete recommendations for split settings, model indexes, DRF serializers and viewsets, caching strategies, and middleware improvements.