Moving from Django DRF to Ninja API

Kogan.com's engineering team shares their experience migrating from Django REST Framework to Django Ninja API with Pydantic. The shift reduces boilerplate code, improves type safety through Python type hints, and provides automatic OpenAPI documentation. The post includes practical code examples comparing DRF's serializer-based approach with Ninja's schema-based pattern, demonstrating how Pydantic models handle both validation and serialization. Key benefits include clearer code structure, better developer experience, and improved maintainability, though the transition requires adapting to new patterns and considering ecosystem maturity.