SMRTR ProgrammingJul 21, 2026Daily.dev

Some more things about Django I've been enjoying

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A developer shares their experience learning Django after years of building frontend-heavy single-page apps. They highlight useful features like query builders, template filters (especially querystring), and automatic migrations. They also cover friction points like class-based view inheritance and Django's confusing settings file, which accidentally disabled template caching and hurt performance.

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