Comment by rldjbpin

imho the dependency hell is a product of the dependencies themselves (a la node), especially the lack of version fixing in majority of projects.

conda already had the independence from python distribution, but it still had its own set of problems with overlap with pip (see mamba).

i personally use uv for projects at work, but for smaller projects, `requirements.txt` feel more readable than the `toml` and `uv.lock`. in the spirit of encouraging best practices, it is still probably simpler to do it with older tools. but larger projects definitely benefit, such as in building container images.