Comment by verdverm

9 hours ago

Works all and well until you need a dependency, then you need to do all the same project setup as normal.

Stopped using python for scripting for this reason

4 comments

verdverm

If you use `uv`, you can declare your dependencies at the top of a script: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/guides/scripts/#declaring-script-d...

I've started using Python for many more tasks after I discovered this feature. I'm primarily a JS/TS developer, but the ability to write a "standalone" script that can pull in third-party dependencies without affecting your current project is a massive productivity boost.

theanonymousone 8 hours ago

I don't think you need any dependencies to match Bash scripting in capability.

hsbauauvhabzb 8 hours ago
You can even wrap shell / system commands in python and capture the output, so it’s basically a superset!
- kh_hk 6 hours ago
  
  You can also inline python inside shell scripts, does that make them equal sets? :)
  life() { python3 << EOF print(42) EOF }