[boxed]

It can. But it doesn't necessarily mean that. Or maybe it means you CAN work around it, but it's cumbersome/bad to do so. Imo the Django Admin is like that: lots of ad-hoc and random customization options and lots of missing options, and it's a pain to override etc.

[pantulis]

Agreed. When you use a web framework you are somehow trusting the ability of the creators to ship something reusable and extensible. When you use something like this now you have two groups of creators to trust that they are not only good and coding but also good at making opinionated decisions. Or, better said, you switch your trust from the framework --after all it's battle tested-- to a new group.

If one is a seasoned Django developer I guess they can take a look at the source code and judge if it suits your needs. But if it does, there is a lot of development speed to be gained.

[boxed]

As one of the developers of iommi I can confidently say that seasoned Django developers will be very confused by the iommi code base heh. We do things quite differently, for good and ill. I wrote about this here: https://kodare.net/2024/09/30/why-iommi-is-weird.html