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Is Django on its way out?

4th January 2012

My answer to Is Django on its way out? on Quora

Not as far as I can tell—but then like many (most?) other Django users I’m too busy using it to build things to worry too much about whether or not it’s fashionable.

Posted 4th January 2012 at 10:47 am · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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