Python Web Framework pissing match
OK, I’ve seen a bit of a rise in pissing matches between Python web framework users in the last few weeks.
I like TurboGears, I’ve used it a lot, and I’ve done a lot of interesting things with it. But I don’t think it’s the framework to end all frameworks. And it certainly doesn’t get to be a better framework when users put down other frameworks or their leaders.
Even if it worked, I don’t want TuboGears to grow at the expense of others.
I happen to genuinely like many of the Django guys. I had lots of fun at the bar with Jacob last year at PyCon, and I respect what they are trying to do with Django — even if it’s not the way I would do it.
The world of Python and web frameworks is better because we have diversity, competition, and innovation.
But if that turns into backbiting, name-calling, and degenerates into some kind of perverse techno-tribalism, we’ll loose what is most important: the ability to see good solutions when they come up, and to cooperate and share with one another when that makes sense.
So, I say we say no to techno-tribalism, and try being nice to one another: Even when we disagree about important issues — no, better, especially when we disagree about important issues.