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SwellJoelast Wednesday at 8:20 AM2 repliesview on HN

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that if you make "Django, but different" it isn't for agents.

Django, but different is not a "tool use" situation. It is a framework with a ton of conventions and libs, etc. Agents will be better able to write Django than "Django, but different". Will they work with your new libraries? Of course. They're very good at all sorts of coding tasks, and they can read docs, search the web, experiment, and correct themselves in an agentic context even absent any relevant training data. But, what may have been a one-shot with Django code, might require several tries with your new thing.

That is not an argument against making new things. I'm not make any argument against making new things, anywhere in this thread. My argument is that if you make "Django, but different", it isn't "for agents", because agents already know Django and they know your new thing considerably less. Your new thing is more work for the agent.

My comment is about being honest with yourself and others about what you're building and for whom.


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dirkclast Wednesday at 8:26 AM

Read the about page (https://plainframework.com/about/).

This Show HN post doesn't seem to be by the author and it's not presenting the project in a good way in my opinion. I also don't like the agent framing of the project home page, but after reading the about, I'm willing to tone down my criticism.

The framework seems like an interesting project to keep an eye on.

vipipiccfyesterday at 7:08 AM

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