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Re:Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed Tech by bornfreddy on Saturday May 17, 2025 @12:18AM (#44012013)
I use pipenv and it kind-of-works. Will try uv or poetry though - which one would you recommend?
Re:Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed Tech by dwood_dev on Saturday May 17, 2025 @01:50AM (#44012310)
UV. Using it as the exec target for python (UV script) is great. Dependencies declared at the top, now I have executable files in something better than bash.

I no longer shy away from writing <500 LOC utility/glue scripts in python thanks to uv.

Re:Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed Tech by myko on Saturday May 17, 2025 @11:00PM (#44018681)
I can't recommend uv enough. It's so fast, and uvx is so useful to run a random Python CLI tool. If you want to do things like you're accustomed to with pip you just `uv pip ...`