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		abenga 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosy... Uv allows you to lock versions too. And creates a .venv inside the project which, I guess, is similar to the node_modules directory.

brap 6 months ago [–]

For sure, I was referring to the state of python before uv. Specifically projects not being self-contained, easily portable, etc

robertfw 6 months ago | [–]

You could already do these things before, you just spent much more time twiddling your thumbs waiting for lock files to be resolved

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