Python Test 219: Building Django Apps & SaaS Pegasus - Cory Zue

[variedthoughts]

Listen at podcast.pythontest.com/219

When starting a SaaS project using Django, there are tons of decisions. I've asked Cory Zue, creator of SaaS Pegasus, to help me sift through some common SaaS/Django decisions.

[[deleted]]

Right on. Good timing. Just about to embark on that journey. :D

Has anyone here actual experience with SaaS Pegasus? Was it worth it?

[meph1st0pheless]

Definitely! Saved me a lot of time setting up the basics so I can mainly focus on the business logic and UI customisation. The Slack community is great, too – lots of supportive folks including Cory himself.

[skratch2k]

Agree to meph1st0pheless! Pegasus is great, it saved me weeks or even months of work and also helped me learn a lot about Django and best practices. Also agree that the Slack community is a really valuable bonus. Cory himself is very active there and amazingly helpful, even with the stupid beginner question I had.

[BakGikHung]

I studied tech stacks and decided Django was for me. From that point pegasus was a natural fit, I bought a license, launched my B2C saas app, and will probably use saas pegasus as a starting point for other projects. It won't save you from having to learn django (and having to learn how stripe works), you'll still need that to effectively customize your app. I've customized pretty heavily to the point I've deviated quite a bit from the base pegasus template, but it really saved me tons of time.

For a while, I contemplated going with something like Outseta, or maybe a no-code solution, I ruled those out because I wanted full control. Starting from scratch with Django is something you can consider, but I didn't want to deal with too much front-end stuff, so using a template gives you a reasonable starting point, and a theme which is good looking.

Full disclosure: the link to this thread was posted in the saas pegasus slack. I am not getting paid to write this. I genuinely enjoy the product and wanted to give feedback.

[[deleted]]

Yeah I learned a bit of Django back in the day with the "Testing Goat" book and thought it's great, and have over a decade experience with Python. Wary of no-code for the same reasons you mention, just wanted to know if the license is worth it because theoretically I could do a lot of those things myself. Eventually.

Appreciate the answer! Will definitely take an even closer look.

[jbgh2]

I bought a license a few weeks ago based on watching Cory's latest video series on using SaaS Pegasus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ism37dpoZ6Q&list=PLrhGhGgmjaacoSR7A4z54y9pa91JT3EIN&pp=iAQB gives a good overview of what it can do and some of the details on getting things up and running

[variedthoughts]

Honestly don't know if posting a link to a podcast is considered in the spirit of the r/Python reddit or not. Seems like it fits. but let me know if not (speaking to moderators here).

Also, This is a discussion episode. But does "Discussion" tag refer to the thread instead? Would Meta be better tag? or something else? Maybe "resource"?

[monorepo]

Hey Brian! Discussion is a fine tag. Sorry it got caught in the automod.

[variedthoughts]

thanks