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Re:I Prefer Semi-Automation by actinium226 on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:14PM (#34290160)
I guess my solution to this problem is not very popular - I try to keep my dev environment simple enough that I don't need venv or anything like that. I find that venv or docker adds cognitive load that then needs more tools to unload, like direnv.

So if my devenv gets too complicated I try to simplify it. Seems like a logical solution to me but often I run into people who simply don't believe me that it makes things simpler. :shrug:

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Re:I Prefer Semi-Automation by nicbou on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:36PM (#34291753)
At some point your code has dependencies that call for this.
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Re:I Prefer Semi-Automation by satvikpendem on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:08PM (#34295923)
> I guess my solution to this problem is not very popular - I try to keep my dev environment simple enough that I don't need venv or anything like that. I find that venv or docker adds cognitive load that then needs more tools to unload, like direnv.

Good for you but this doesn't work in most scenarios, especially if you work in a company with a build process.

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