I thought the same. I evaluated the "big 3" (Laravel, Django, Rails) last year and decided to go all in on Rails for solo side web projects. Was really wanting

I thought the same. I evaluated the "big 3" (Laravel, Django, Rails) last year and decided to go all in on Rails for solo side web projects. Was really wanting to like Django since I'm a python dev for my day job, but it didn't have nearly the amount of DX and tools baked in as Laravel/Rails. Rails has been super fun, I hadn't touched it in 10 years and the additions that versions 7/8 have brought are awesome.