Astral to Join OpenAI

Undisclosed amount?

Ugh, this isn't good.

I hate relying on anything that is controlled by a single company. Considering that Astral is basically brand new in the python timeline, it is concerning that they are already being acquired.

On the other hand, UV is so fast that it makes up for anything I find annoying about it.

Oh no! This is actually terrible. Get ready for "premium tooling only available in Codex(TM)".

This is where POTUS should step in and stop this sale. Not cool.

Welp, back to pip

Another HN darling falls from grace. But hey, the next one will not follow the same steps!

This is feeling weird, like now if the AI bubble pops it will bring core technologies like runtimes (bun) and package managers (astral) now what's next? vite?

Well this sucks. So the most evil new company has acquired the most exciting 'open' source company. The vibes are about to get bad. Hopefully this speeds up the next phase of AI destroying the economy and everything good about tech.

should I be glad I never got off pip?

Unfortunate, wince I trust Astral, and can't say the same about openAI

won't increase your subscriptions, people are dropping out in the millions and no one wants jewPT

This acquisition doesn't make too much sense for the longevity of Astral's software because Astral's software is orthogonal to Codex. It seems more like a acqui-hire. If tomorrow OpenAI were to stop funding Astral's software due to a cash crunch, it would be game over for uv et al. Codex doesn't need uv.

Goddamnit

Astral to Join OpenAI (astral.sh) OpenAI to Acquire Astral(https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-astral/)

what can I say?

So, any good alternatives to uv?

"Sir, you now have twice as many private jets as Dario"

"But he owns a tooling company. WHY can't I have that? :( :("

Terrible news for Python ecosystem. I guess the money was too much to reject this ridiculous offer.

congrats team !

Don’t you dare enshittify my uv.

what a shame

Codex team now has the legends who created Pyright and UV/Ruff/Ty.

good job

nooo

WAT? uv now belongs to Trump mega-donors? That is not good for the Python ecosystem.

Ah shit, back to poetry

"Join"... Sigh. Disgusting LI-slop language. Say "be acquired" when you mean "be acquired".

well, fuck.

damn it, another one bites the dust sadly

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