I'm looking into adding some sort of REST API layer to a Django app and I've been reading some negative things about Django Rest Framework (DRF), which is the default choice for this functionality in Django-world. This project is inspired by FastAPI and is potentially a lighter weight alternative to DRF and I'm wondering if HNers have experience with it and/or DRF.

My hunch is that it's probably better to stay with the Django way of doing things (DRF), in spite of the online chatter calling it bloated.