# If Django were created today, which batteries would you expect to be included in core?

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**Category:** Django Internals\
**Created:** [September 20, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/if-django-were-created-today-which-batteries-would-you-expect-to-be-included-in-core/34934 "2024-09-20T08:59:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![wsvincent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/wsvincent/32/52_2.png) [@wsvincent](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/wsvincent)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/if-django-were-created-today-which-batteries-would-you-expect-to-be-included-in-core/34934/13 "2024-10-08T18:17:14Z")

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Ok, I’ll bite:

- some type of serialization for APIs built-in
- cleaner user authentication story ([see here for more](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/update-startproject-with-default-login-signup-logout-options/35175))
- a basic local to production settings toggle that allowed for simple deploys
- an option for an enhanced `startproject` that has more features, similar to [DjangoX](https://github.com/wsvincent/djangox) and other such efforts

Payments and billing sounds amazing but I have to admit that seems tough to implement/maintain as an open source project.

But I think the biggest thing is Django needs help marketing/maintaining itself, which means hiring an Executive Director 😀

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