pip is easily the worst thing about Python. But now that we have uv I would say the worst thing is the package/import system. I’m pretty sure only 1% of developers understand it, and it only really works properly if your Python code is a Python package.
If you treat Python as a scripting language and just scatter loose files around your project and run them directly, it doesn’t work at all. Pain everywhere. Which is dumb as fuck because that’s like 80% of how people use Python.
Ugh yes I hate the import system too. I have to look it up every time and still don’t understand it, and it’s a hair away from messing up existing projects to the point where sometimes it does.
I want to love uv, but:
It breaks some random compiled C packages. I ran into this the other day, and the associated issue on the package was basically “shrug we see it’s breaking, this dev is doing some weird shit”
I’d prefer to use the optimized/patched build of Python CachyOS provides (and the optimized Python compiled system packages), though this is largely OCD.
It’s not optimal for some PyTorch stuff, which is its own little ecosystem nightmare
pip is easily the worst thing about Python. But now that we have
uvI would say the worst thing is the package/import system. I’m pretty sure only 1% of developers understand it, and it only really works properly if your Python code is a Python package.If you treat Python as a scripting language and just scatter loose files around your project and run them directly, it doesn’t work at all. Pain everywhere. Which is dumb as fuck because that’s like 80% of how people use Python.
Ugh yes I hate the import system too. I have to look it up every time and still don’t understand it, and it’s a hair away from messing up existing projects to the point where sometimes it does.
I want to love uv, but:
It breaks some random compiled C packages. I ran into this the other day, and the associated issue on the package was basically “shrug we see it’s breaking, this dev is doing some weird shit”
I’d prefer to use the optimized/patched build of Python CachyOS provides (and the optimized Python compiled system packages), though this is largely OCD.
It’s not optimal for some PyTorch stuff, which is its own little ecosystem nightmare