# A Python Optimization Anecdote

<https://tech.dropbox.com/2011/10/a-python-optimization-anecdote/>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

One of my biggest projects during this internship was optimizing Python for dynamic page generation on the website. By the end of the summer, I optimized many of dropbox.coms pages to render 5 times faster. This came with a fair share of challenges though, which Id like to write about today:

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