Flask has always struck me as requiring too many plugins. With bottle, I just drop one file into my work dir and I'm off. Toss in Peewee as well (another single file) and I get a decent ORM.
That combination is more flexible and productive for me than Flask.
That combination is more flexible and productive for me than Flask.
(also, I already have a nice template for bigger projects: https://github.com/rcarmo/ink-bottle)