[phn]

The only point I can sympathize with a little bit is the default admin UI looks, which could be a little more modern.

In any case, I don't know of any one other framework with a remotely comparable admin interface in terms of capabilities and usability out of the box, so there's that. I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

For everything else (even async with channels), as long as you don't stray too much from the django way, you'll be immensely rewarded by how neat and easy to navigate even large applications look.