Rescuing Kerala with Python
summary
A Django site launched as open source from Day 0 becomes a live rescue portal, collecting GPS-tagged requests and volunteer signups. Initial hosting on Heroku then AWS manages surges with donated credits; fixes include DB indexes, static CDN, rate limits and de-duplication of requests. The community on Slack (~1500 contributors) and GitHub handles rapid feature work; the site records ~50,000 requests, supports ~5,500 government camps and ~55,000 registered volunteers.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:20Website
- 1:45Humble beginnings
- 2:10Kerala water crisis
- 2:39Official website
- 3:22A critical situation
- 3:42Request for help
- 4:27Need for help
- 5:20Code review
- 5:54Technical challenges
- 7:45Open areas
- 8:28Data collection
- 9:24Unexpected experience
- 9:58Team size
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