So I don't disagree with your general premise, but FastAPI isn't in the same ballpark or even universe with Django. Yes, it's heavier than Starlette, but it's

So I don't disagree with your general premise, but FastAPI isn't in the same ballpark or even universe with Django. Yes, it's heavier than Starlette, but it's an extremely light framework, and was really intended to be a successor to microframeworks like Flask.