If your script doesn't need any third-party modules, you can try running it with "python3 -S", which should make the startup significantly faster if there are a

If your script doesn't need any third-party modules, you can try running it with "python3 -S", which should make the startup significantly faster if there are a lot of modules installed. (Twice as fast on my machine. Running Python from a venv is also somewhat faster than running it directly, but not as fast as with "-S".)