The N+1 Problem in Django's ORM and How to Avoid It
07-02-2026 - Andrés Cruz
Learn what the N+1 problem is in Django, why it occurs with the ORM, how to detect it, and how to optimize queries using select_related and eager loading.
Eager loading and lazy loading are two techniques we have available to retrieve data related to working with Eloquent models. And we have to know them in detail to use techniques that best suit our needs.