Its not a mess, people just make it a mess because of the lack of understanding around it, and getting lazy with using a combination of pip install, apt install

Its not a mess, people just make it a mess because of the lack of understanding around it, and getting lazy with using a combination of pip install, apt install, and whatever else. Also, the problem is compounded by people using Mac to develop, which have a different way of handling system wide python installs from brew, and then trying to port that to Linux.