You're confusing apps that you never have to write again with awesome apps that really define and make Django better as a whole. Nearly every common use case yo

You're confusing apps that you never have to write again with awesome apps that really define and make Django better as a whole. Nearly every common use case you can think of exists already has a Django app. Most of them are trivial, but it's nice to not have to write it again. Why would I pick commenting as my favorite app? South on the other hand, is a major improvement that I can't see myself not having on a daily basis, and it's not a trivial use case that I could knock out in an afternoon. It's well-written, brings a lot to the framework, and solves a problem that most people can't handle themselves. THAT'S a piece of code deserving to be my favorite app. I suggest you look at http://djangopackages.com/ http://djangopackages.com/ if you still (incorrectly) believe that Django apps as a whole haven't exceeded every expectation of what sets Django apart from every other mainstream framework out right now. Reusable apps that take the mundane out of web development have been a huge success, even more so with the upcoming class-based views in 1.3.