Armin Ronacher Questions Astra for Coding: 'Why Are We Doing This Again?'
manojbajaj95 · hn · 2026-09-11
Flask creator Armin Ronacher published a long-form post on lucumr.pocoo.org questioning the push of Astra into coding, examining why it's being done again and what its positioning should be. The piece is drawing discussion on Hacker News.
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