Pretty much agree with most. I am wondering about paths and locations; there's now ~/.local/bin which is where e.g. a user-wide "pip install" would put things

Pretty much agree with most. I am wondering about paths and locations; there's now ~/.local/bin which is where e.g. a user-wide "pip install" would put things [when used without a venv]… ~/bin is not such a "standardized" location. I kinda started using both and am a bit torn now…