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title: "Meta-documentation and miscellany"
version: 2.0
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canonical: https://djangodocs.dev/en/2.0/misc/
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# Meta-documentation and miscellany

Documentation that we can’t find a more organized place for. Like that drawer in
your kitchen with the scissors, batteries, duct tape, and other junk.

- [API stability](/en/2.0/misc/api-stability/)

  - [What “stable” means](/en/2.0/misc/api-stability/#what-stable-means)
  - [Stable APIs](/en/2.0/misc/api-stability/#stable-apis)
  - [Exceptions](/en/2.0/misc/api-stability/#exceptions)
- [Design philosophies](/en/2.0/misc/design-philosophies/)

  - [Overall](/en/2.0/misc/design-philosophies/#overall)
  - [Models](/en/2.0/misc/design-philosophies/#models)
  - [Database API](/en/2.0/misc/design-philosophies/#database-api)
  - [URL design](/en/2.0/misc/design-philosophies/#url-design)
  - [Template system](/en/2.0/misc/design-philosophies/#template-system)
  - [Views](/en/2.0/misc/design-philosophies/#views)
  - [Cache Framework](/en/2.0/misc/design-philosophies/#cache-framework)
- [Third-party distributions of Django](/en/2.0/misc/distributions/)

  - [For distributors](/en/2.0/misc/distributions/#for-distributors)