This is a matter of taste. I think certain standard abstractions in Python are pretty terrible, and really need to be upgraded. The standard way of doing func

This is a matter of taste. I think certain standard abstractions in Python are pretty terrible, and really need to be upgraded. The standard way of doing function decoration isn't good. Neither is the standard way of accessing mysql. These, and a number of other things, really should have better abstractions built on them to amplify productivity and readability. Sometimes there's a war between standard techniques and DRY principles. I've observed a lot of good coming from adhering to the idea of never copying code or doing boilerplate. But as you point out, sometimes it can lead to a bunch of nonstandard code. But I think any non-trivial codebase is going to have a chunk of abstractions it creates and builds upon to amplify its own expressiveness. When you can import some of those abstractions, that's arguably a win. There are lots of people that would (and have) disagreed with me on this point, but it is a subjective matter of taste.