[midrus]

If getting an MVP out of the door is the priority and the future of the company/project depends on timing, then yes. Definitely. Forget about react and go with django and the provided template system. Drop in turbolinks and stimulus or unpoly and be done with it. Focus on the product. If it succeds then you can always split the frontend and do it in React or whatever.

There is no way in this world building a backend + api + react spa is going to be any faster than doing server side templates. Unless you're building the next Google maps.