BackendTable-stakesAround since 2010
Flask
A lightweight Python web framework that provides just the basics (routing, requests) and leaves most other decisions — database, auth, structure — to the developer.
Think of it like
Like a bare apartment shell with just plumbing and electricity — you choose and install everything else yourself.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Doesn't know why Flask was chosen over a more full-featured framework.
Senior sounds like
Can name what they reached for outside Flask's core — an ORM, an auth library — and why that one.
Ask them
“What did you reach for outside Flask's core — an ORM, an auth library — and why that one?”