[silviogutierrez]

Disclaimer / shameless plug: I have an OSS project in this space, https://www.reactivated.io, and plan to do a Show HN on it tomorrow.

With that out of the way, I think having more opinionated Django frameworks is a great thing. Particularly around styling and forms.

I also think it's interesting to try to "productize" (I think there's a better word) what is often done as consulting. That is, bottling up and selling experience. So while the price may seem high, there's a ton of wisdom behind it. An experienced Django consultant is easily thousands of dollars per week.

I wish you the best!

[davegaeddert]

Thanks! I found Reactive somehow yesterday — haven't looked closely at it yet but I will. Always cool to see more stuff in the ecosystem. But yeah, personally I feel like there are few things the Django community could learn (or at least try) from the Laravel (and Rails) communities. I love free software, but it has downsides too! (Like the fact that I can't justify spending all my time on it.)

[jpetrucc]

This looks awesome! Thanks for sharing - I've been looking for a nice django/react starter kit to play with (especially as a less front-end inclined dev). Looking forward to the thread on your Show HN!