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Happy 20th Birthday, Django

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578 points davepeck | 3 comments | 13 Jul 25 18:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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stonecharioteer ◴[14 Jul 25 17:14 UTC] No.44562663[source]▶
Django is somehow the one thing in Python I never enjoyed working on. I recommend it thoroughly to people running teams since it keeps devs disciplined, but I've always been a Flask programmer at heart. To each their own. I'm glad Django exists, it's eaten plenty a share of the pie that would have otherwise gone to Rails maybe.
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1. otherme123 ◴[14 Jul 25 18:16 UTC] No.44563424[source]▶
The couple of projects I was forced to use Flask, they both ended as a bunch of poorly assembled libraries to work like Django (admin + orm + migrations + cache) but worse.

The drift from a simple Flask to monstrosity Flasknjo was so natural that I suspect it happens to a lot of people.

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2. globular-toast ◴[15 Jul 25 06:29 UTC] No.44568414[source]▶
Active Record pattern forces the architecture into a big ball of mud. But hey at least you get "views.py" etc...
3. robertlagrant ◴[15 Jul 25 13:34 UTC] No.44571008[source]▶
The ORM+migrations bit at least is pretty solid with Flask. I quite like bolting little bits on that I might need or not need.

It's like saying Django+DRF is a monstrosity compared to FastAPI/Litestar.