Readit Newsdelbronski commented on Happy 20th Birthday, Django djangoproject.com/weblog/... · Posted by u/davepeck
I love Django. I still reach for it for most projects. I really wish they would introduce a more modern frontend system though. I find it hard to go back to templates after using react. It’s easy enough to use Django and react, but it would be amazing if there was a more modern solution within Django for frontend.
delbronski commented on Happy 20th Birthday, Django djangoproject.com/weblog/... · Posted by u/davepeck
Love django. Whats the consensus on best way to use django in 2025? I've been going the headless route. Django for the backend and using vite or nextjs on the frontend with openapi specs auto-generated.
I wanted to like HTMX and Alpine. But after a few medium sized projects with it I went back to vite/react for larger frontend. I found it so difficult to come back to old htmx/alpine code. If you got a complex UI to maintain I would personally recommend the React route. It is very easy to setup with Django.
delbronski commented on Happy 20th Birthday, Django djangoproject.com/weblog/... · Posted by u/davepeck
If you had to learn Django today in 2025, what resources would you recommend?
Django docs are still the best way to learn it.
I read that name as “bitch at”. I thought maybe it was one of those GPS collars for finding your runaway dog.
bruh...
Anyone tried Junie from JetBrains?
Im super happy with it. I’m not sure how it compares to other coding agents though.
My personal motto is: “don’t chase perfection, and don't settle for mediocrity“. I can’t just ship the most basic thing because I find that boring and demotivating. I don’t like to make good enough things. I take joy in going a little deeper into things. But chasing perfection is a never ending road.
What helps me is to write down my vision of an mvp. As I start to work on it that vision may change. I may think of this or that feature. If I get that itch to add something new, I go back to that document. I ask myself if this is really a critical addition. Sometimes I come to the conclusion that yes, this new way of thinking is the way to go. Most times I just write it down as something to explore in the future and keep going.
delbronski commented on Ask HN: How do you promote your personal projects with a limited budget? · Posted by u/javafactory
Something I didn’t see mentioned yet: Sign up for Java related conferences/talks around you and see if they let you present your product.
delbronski commented on Ask HN: Do people actually pay for small web tools? · Posted by u/scratchyone
People, no. Companies, yes.
If a web tool saves me and my team at work a bit of time for $5/month, yes, 100%, swipe the company card! Sure let’s buy another JS table library.
But if I’m working on a personal project, or I have to pay for said tool with my personal card, probably not. I’ll spend the time building my own solution from scratch while never actually finishing my project.
Congrats! Cool product.
Feedback: I tried making a product explainer video for a tree planting rover I’m working on. The rover looked different in every scene. I can imagine this kind of consistency may be more difficult to get right. Maybe if I had uploaded a photo of how the rover looks it may have helped. In one scene the rover looks like an actual rover, in the other it looks like a humanoid robot.
But still, super impressed!