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I see a lot of people in here talking about the "batteries included" aspect of Django, as if that's where it really shines. those batteries are definitely helpful, but the biggest benefit, by far, is the absolute best ORM in existence. If somebody were to reproduce the Django ORM, with full native asynchronous support, it would change Python forever. I know there are people who come from SQLAlchemy and swear by it. A…

This x1000. I’ve tried every orm in node and nothing compares to Django orm. The way you can scaffold an apps data models is amazing.

Yeah it's crazy, people use Django and they think the things that are making them productive are all these little contribs and built-ins, but the reality is it's the solid foundation that is the ORM. BTW, I discovered after writing my comment that tortoise ORM is essentially Django ORM, but written on asyncpg, making it way faster. So, if you're stuck in some other non-Django framework and would like to use the Django ORM, that's probably your closest bet.
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