If you ever find yourself back in Python land, give Conda (Miniconda is the barebones install, Anaconda is the complete version, if you don't know that you want

If you ever find yourself back in Python land, give Conda (Miniconda is the barebones install, Anaconda is the complete version, if you don't know that you want Anaconda, starts with Miniconda) It's replaced virtual_env and friends for me, and with some more experimentation it might also replace apt for my own packages deployed to other machines. It's written in Python and for Python, but it's much less python-centric than you might expect, and it is nothing short of excellent.