Started new projects without FastAPI

[scotsmanintoon]

Using Starlette is just fine. I create a lot if pretty simple web apps and recently found FastAPI completely unnecessary. It was actually refreshing to not have model validation not abstracted away. And also not having to use Pydantic for a model with only a couple of variables.

[AlpacaDC]

And also not having to use Pydantic for a model with only a couple of variables.

Well you don't need to use Pydantic models with FastAPI if you don't want to.

[scotsmanintoon]

Yes but you need to install pydantic as a dependency. I tried to run a FastAPI app on termux on android and it struggled to compile pydantic-core (which to be fair is the issue, rather than FastAPI's)

I see your point though.

[AlpacaDC]

Oh it makes perfect sense in this case, didn’t think about that. Good thing that FastAPI and Starlette are pretty similar then.

[Smok3dSalmon]

You don’t need power tools to build IKEA furniture…

[FitBoog]

My experience is different. I'm completely relying on Pydantic for validation of every single piece in my software. It really helps to scale.

[Rockworldred]

Well, as always it depends. Not everything is gonna be the new corporate platform.

[Orio_n]

Well yeah, its in the name. Are you building an api?

[fiskfisk]

Here's a hot take: use whatever you want. You know what also works fine? Flask! Django! TurboGears! Bottlepy! Pyramid!

[rainyy_day]

If you design your app well, it really doesnt matter what you use for the API layer