I think with Django, you should pick the parts that you like and not touch the others. Then, design your application around the limitations of Django. If you h

I think with Django, you should pick the parts that you like and not touch the others. Then, design your application around the limitations of Django. If you have a data model that requires a self-referential m2m relationship, think if there is another way to model it ("collection" object), or don't tell Django about it.