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Why is snapEDA.com slow? Is it because it uses Django?

10th May 2016

My answer to Why is snapEDA.com slow? Is it because it uses Django? on Quora

No, it’s not slow because it uses Django.

Evidence: there are plenty of large scale, highly performing sites that use Django.

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