Using a boilerplate template can really speed things up, and more importantly, avoid forgetting to set up (or change from default) something that's hard to chan

Using a boilerplate template can really speed things up, and more importantly, avoid forgetting to set up (or change from default) something that's hard to change later, like the user model. I do a lot of Django+DRF projects and built https://apibakery.com/ https://apibakery.com/ to help with the initial scaffolding and defining the models (started as my internal tool, later opened it up to the public).