Julia Evanssome notes on starting to use Django https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/27/some-notes-on-starting-to-use-django/
Lukáš Kucharczyk@b0rk I've started using Django 2 years ago and since then I've definitely outgrown the ORM and feel like it's a newbie trap for only the most basic of tasks. I wish I had went with something else.
@kucharczyk what about it feels like a trap to you? would be interested to hear examples of things that didn’t work well for you
@b0rk First, the syntax gets quite convoluted past a certain point I have the feeling like directly writing SQL might be easier then. Second, ORM models tables as they are in the database but you might need to model a specific thing instead (e.g. a piece of hardware for an e-shop that is actually spread over 3 different tables in the database). What feels like a newbie trap is that it seems easier at the beginning but hard/impossible later when your needs evolve.