Reading up on Django
6 deep · digging since dec 05, 25
- Show HN: Plain – The full-stack Python framework designed for humans and agents
Plain, a fork of Django with opinionated defaults and Postgres-only models, claims to be optimized for both human developers and AI coding agents.
- Show HN: I built a social media management tool in 3 weeks with Claude and Codex
A solo developer built an open-source social media management platform with 12 API integrations in three weeks using Claude and Codex, finding AI tools excel at CRUD but struggle with OAuth edge cases and multi-tenant permissions.
- Give Django your time and money, not your tokens
The article argues that AI-generated contributions harm Django's community and that contributors should donate time or money instead of using LLM tokens.
- Returning to Rails in 2026
Hacker News commenters debate the merits of Ruby on Rails in 2026, with many praising its conventions and stability while criticizing lack of typing and AI-oriented marketing.
- Django: what’s new in 6.0
Django 6.0, codename 'mosaic', adds template partials for reusable fragments and a built-in tasks framework for background processing.
- Django 6 | Hacker News
Django 6.0 is released with background tasks, template partials, and Python 3.12-3.14 support, dropping Python 3.10-3.11.