pmclanahan

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  Location: Atlanta, GA area
  Remote: yes
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: Mostly Python and Django, but been a web dev for a long time
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You can even use the same templates on the server and client with python server side using Jinja2 and Nunjucks.

Nice!

I'm glad you called it "Open Source"; RMS hates that :)

I haven't followed this site for very long, but is purging articles about which people are obviously interested a common practice? If so, for me, this site's value just went to zero.

That's the impression I got as well. He didn't seem to "get it." I can't see complaining about Django being poorly decoupled, only to then go on to describe how little of it you're still using. How tightly-coupled can it be if you're only using small pieces?

Also, it seems like a lot of the complaints are about contributed apps like authentication and the admin. It seems to me that he never really tried to learn the admin, or was using a very old version. And you don't have to use authentication at all, you can completely write your own, or fork the one that comes with it and make it work for you.

But the main thing that bugs me is that he obviously doesn't get opensource either. If you think you have a better way, get on the mailing list and suggest it, create a ticket, or implement your changes and submit a patch. Writing your own stuff, not releasing it, and complaining on a blog doesn't help anyone.