First, the best thing I like about pipenv is `pipenv shell`. It's integration with virtualenvs is really good and a joy to use.
I think the CLI usage is really confusing. Every time I wanted to do something, I googled what the correct way was and often found github issues about stuff I was struggling with.
I don't think the defaults are intuitive, it's not clear when pipenv actually touches the lock file, when it just reinstalls everything and likes to make me wait 10 minutes. I don't understand why `pipenv install something` will also often also touch unrelated packages, why `pipenv install` even changes the lock file. Yes, I learned that I'm supposed to use `pipenv sync`, but whose idea was that? It's not even mentioned in the basic concepts, so maybe I still misunderstood something?
When I found poetry because of this thread, it was like someone had read my mind: https://github.com/sdispater/poetry#what-about-pipenv
I had hope when I found this: https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/issues/1463#issuecomment-3677... but my use of pipenv this past month was still very frustrating. Also, I don't really see how I can use pipenv on windows and on linux for the same project when the OS is stored inside the lock file.
So you usually couple it without something else. I use "pew".
I wish a tool would merge both.
Can you flesh this out a little bit? What in particular were you disappointed with pipenv?
How does poetry do a better job?