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Comment by veber-alex

1 hour ago

uv also installs the python version your project needs which is a huge pain in the ass if you use some old Linux distro with outdated python.

Like pyenv pioneered for python and nvm for node ? ;)

Years ago

  • Sure, but it's not a matter of capability but of low friction and sane defaults.

    These things matter though a lot of developers don't seem to understand that.

    In a uv project I can just git clone, cd, uv sync and I am ready to go. Nothing in the python ecosystem offered that before.