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All these comments look like advertisement. "uv is better than python!!", "8/10 programmers recommend uv", "I was a terrible programmer before but uv changed

by an_guy 11mo ago

All these comments look like advertisement. "uv is better than python!!", "8/10 programmers recommend uv", "I was a terrible programmer before but uv changed my life!!", "uv is fast!!!"

collinmanderson 11mo ago
> All these comments look like advertisement. "uv is better than python!!", "8/10 programmers recommend uv", "I was a terrible programmer before but uv changed my life!!", "uv is fast!!!" Have you tried uv?
- an_guy 11mo ago
  Why would I? Does it offer something that standard python tools doesn't? Why uv over, lets say, conda?
  - andy99 11mo ago
    FWIW I asked the same question last time a uv thread was posted (two weeks ago) - got some legit answers, none that swayed me personally but I can see why people use it. Also lots of inexplicable love for it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45574550 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45574550
    - collinmanderson 11mo ago
      I agree that the speed improvements are inexplicable, as in I can't convince you in writing. "uv is fast!!!" doesn't do it justice. You kinda just have to experience it for yourself. If you haven't spent 5 minutes trying it out, you don't know what you're missing. If you're worried about getting addicted like everyone else, I could see that as a valid reason to never try it in the first place.
  - dragonwriter 11mo ago
    > Does it offer something that standard python tools doesn't? Other than speed and consolidation, pip, pipx, hatch, virtualenv, and pyenv together roughly do the job (though pyenv itself isn’t a standard python tool.) > Why uv over, lets say, conda? Support for Python standard packaging specifications and consequently also easier integration with other tools that leverage them, whether standard or third party.
  - wiseowise 11mo ago
    Maybe open hundreds of threads praising uv to find what was answered thousand of times?
andy99 11mo ago
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by an_guy 11mo ago

All these comments look like advertisement. "uv is better than python!!", "8/10 programmers recommend uv", "I was a terrible programmer before but uv changed my life!!", "uv is fast!!!"

collinmanderson 11mo ago

> All these comments look like advertisement. "uv is better than python!!", "8/10 programmers recommend uv", "I was a terrible programmer before but uv changed my life!!", "uv is fast!!!" Have you tried uv?

an_guy 11mo ago
Why would I? Does it offer something that standard python tools doesn't? Why uv over, lets say, conda?
- andy99 11mo ago
  FWIW I asked the same question last time a uv thread was posted (two weeks ago) - got some legit answers, none that swayed me personally but I can see why people use it. Also lots of inexplicable love for it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45574550 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45574550
  - collinmanderson 11mo ago
    I agree that the speed improvements are inexplicable, as in I can't convince you in writing. "uv is fast!!!" doesn't do it justice. You kinda just have to experience it for yourself. If you haven't spent 5 minutes trying it out, you don't know what you're missing. If you're worried about getting addicted like everyone else, I could see that as a valid reason to never try it in the first place.
- dragonwriter 11mo ago
  > Does it offer something that standard python tools doesn't? Other than speed and consolidation, pip, pipx, hatch, virtualenv, and pyenv together roughly do the job (though pyenv itself isn’t a standard python tool.) > Why uv over, lets say, conda? Support for Python standard packaging specifications and consequently also easier integration with other tools that leverage them, whether standard or third party.
- wiseowise 11mo ago
  Maybe open hundreds of threads praising uv to find what was answered thousand of times?

andy99 11mo ago

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