As a hobbyist Python dev who doesn't want to deal with frontend bs more than absolutely needed, I found my perfect stack - fastapi, svelte and tailwindcss.
Less need for an API-layer and related contracts.
You can still use Tailwind CSS. Works quite nicely.
- 2x developers
- 2x CI/CD stacks
- 2x build tools
- 2x model classes
- 2x instrumentation code
I could keep going but it's a pretty significant improvement especially for small teams or solo developers.
I had started down the path of fastapi, svelte and tailwindcss, but when I figured out that htmx let me use server-rendered templates, getting rid of the api and the packaging toolchain felt more ergonomic.
And if you're doing server-rendered things instead of APIs, django has a few more batteries included. (But I really like fastapi for APIs.)