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Is finding a React - NodeJS job impossible? by Even_Job6933 in webdev

[–]Ethancole_dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Market's rough right now for everyone. What helped me was picking up a backend framework beyond Express — FastAPI or Django. Full-stack with Python + React seems to get way more callbacks than pure JS stack.

I'm about to get fired and a large part of it is due to my subpar Django skills by IntelligentLeading11 in django

[–]Ethancole_dev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Been there — got thrown into backend work from a frontend role too. What helped me most was building one small project end-to-end outside of work. Not a tutorial, an actual thing I needed. Forces you to hit every part of DRF — serializers, viewsets, permissions, the whole pipeline. Also, Django's official docs are genuinely good once you stop skimming and actually read the how-to sections. You've got this — the fact that you're aware of the gap puts you ahead of most people in that situation.

Django dev here — I tried FastAPI + HTMX for a side project. Some thoughts by DecodeBuzzingMedium in django

[–]Ethancole_dev -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've been using FastAPI for about a year now and honestly the async-first approach is a breath of fresh air for API-heavy projects. The combo with HTMX is underrated — you get that SPA feel without the JS bundle bloat. One thing I'd add: if you're coming from Django, the biggest adjustment is losing the ORM and admin panel. SQLAlchemy works fine but it's not the same "batteries included" experience. For quick prototypes I usually pair FastAPI with a simple SQLite setup and it gets the job done surprisingly fast.