Homebrew and its excellent community was once indispensible on the Mac, but various pain points including this flakiness made me switch to (mini)conda for nearl

Homebrew and its excellent community was once indispensible on the Mac, but various pain points including this flakiness made me switch to (mini)conda for nearly everything, despite initial apprehension. There are some wrinkles and the resolver is slow, but in my hands conda is just so much more reliable than Homebrew ever was.