Django
Async ORM (a-prefixed methods)
aget, acreate, asave, acount, afirst and async iteration, added in Django 4.1 and extended to related managers in 5.0.
Why interviewers ask about it
Correct the old claim that the ORM is synchronous. Then add the nuance: these give an async-safe interface, but execute on a thread - not native async drivers.
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