MAKERS & BUILDERS-When things take longer than you thought: Moving workloads to background processes

This talk at DrupalCon Lille 2023 addresses the challenges of automatically assigning taxonomy terms to nodes during creation, a seemingly simple task that can lead to severe performance issues like the White Screen of Death or timeouts. The speaker emphasizes the importance of using background processes when dealing with complex tasks that involve updating a large number of entities, highlighting Drupal's built-in tools such as batches, cron, and queues. By exploring these tools, the session provides developers with strategies to effectively manage heavy tasks, helping them identify and resolve potential bottlenecks in their Drupal projects while ensuring smoother operation during updates triggered by various events.