--- title: Give Django your time and money, not your tokens | daily.dev description: Using LLMs to generate code, write PR descriptions, and handle review feedback for Django contributions is harmful to the community. The core issue isn't... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/give-django-your-time-and-money-not-your-tokens-jf2ekk7k1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Give Django your time and money, not your tokens | daily.dev og:description: Using LLMs to generate code, write PR descriptions, and handle review feedback for Django contributions is harmful to the community. The core issue isn't... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/give-django-your-time-and-money-not-your-tokens-jf2ekk7k1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Jf2ekk7K1.png og:image:alt: Give Django your time and money, not your tokens og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Give Django your time and money, not your tokens **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 14 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Using LLMs to generate code, write PR descriptions, and handle review feedback for Django contributions is harmful to the community. The core issue isn't whether you use an LLM, but whether you actually understand what you're contributing. When LLMs act as a facade, reviewers can't gauge a contributor's real understanding, which is demoralizing and undermines the communal nature of open source. The recommended approach is to use LLMs to develop comprehension and refine your own words, not as a vehicle that replaces your thinking. Django's 20-year longevity demands genuine understanding from contributors, and the personal growth from that process is more valuable than the contributor credit itself. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@debajyatidey** · 4 upvotes > Trust me, LLMs will kill the maintainability of django and other open source project like this ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I don't want your PRs anymore](https://daily.dev/posts/i-don-t-want-your-prs-anymore-el44rjryl) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How do you stay familiar with the code when it's written by an LLM?](https://daily.dev/posts/how-do-you-stay-familiar-with-the-code-when-it-s-written-by-an-llm--gtcifdlhr) · RUBYLAND · 2 upvotes · 1 comments - [Is Open Source Dead?](https://daily.dev/posts/is-open-source-dead--adywhetx6) · Container Solutions · 31 upvotes · 17 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#django](https://daily.dev/tags/django) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/give-django-your-time-and-money-not-your-tokens-jf2ekk7k1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Give Django your time and money, not your tokens","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/give-django-your-time-and-money-not-your-tokens-jf2ekk7k1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/give-django-your-time-and-money-not-your-tokens-jf2ekk7k1"},"datePublished":"2026-03-17T16:09:24.603Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T16:09:45.970Z","description":"Using LLMs to generate code, write PR descriptions, and handle review feedback for Django contributions is harmful to the community. 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