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Sponsored by Linode! pythonbytes.fm/linode Special guest: Ogi Moore Watch the live stream on YouTube. Michael #1: diskcache via Ian Maurer Python disk-backed cache (Django-compatible). Faster than Redis and Memcached. Pure-Python. The cloud-based computing of 2020 puts a premium on memory. Gigabytes of empty space is left on disks as processes vie for memory. Among these processes is Memcached (and sometimes Redis) which is used as a cache. Wouldn't it be nice to leverage empty disk space for caching? Features: Pure-Python Fully Documented Benchmark comparisons (alternatives, Django cache backends) 100% test coverage Hours of stress testing Performance matters Django compatible API Thread-safe and process-safe Supports multiple eviction policies (LRU and LFU included) Keys support "tag" metadata and eviction Developed on Python 3.8 Tested on CPython 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 Tested on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows Tested using Travis CI and AppVeyor CI Brian #2: TOML is 1.0.0 now. What does that mean for