Django too slow on first request

[Sridhar]

We have deployed our Django app on lambda, the first request always takes 5-6 seconds excluding lambda cold start times.

My Observations:

• get_app_list and reverse functions take too long.
• The reverse function to prepare and match uri takes O(n).
• Django adds two URLs for every model we register, so this wait time increases as we add models or write the Rest APIs.

I am attaching the Cprofile results below. Let me know if there are any ways to optimize this.