I know many people who are extremely productive doing CRUD apps using Django. I am not one of those people.

They claim it is very fast development once you get past some comfort level. There is a bit of jump involved when it just clicks. I've tried a few times and it seems like slugging it out with a lot of magic.

While I write and like Python more than PHP, something like Laravel or Symfony seems more logical for CRUD than Django to me.