alt Hacker NewsSmall tool shop, burning VC money, true. "Tiny part of the Python ecosystem" is an understatement given how much impact uv has made alone.
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victorbjorklund • last Thursday at 6:54 PM
They have some nice ideas. But if they turn to shit you can just fork their tools and use that instead.
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TeMPOraL • yesterday at 12:09 AM
Right. If anything, this "tiny part" has pretty much taken over Python and turned it from OSS BDFL language into a company-backed one (like Erlang, Scala, C#).
oytis • yesterday at 8:10 AM
I am still not sure why everyone jumped on uv. Sure, it's quicker than pip, but an installation rarely takes so long as to become annoying. Anyway, pip is still there, so whatever impact they have made can be rolled back if they try to pull the rug
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swexbe • last Thursday at 6:44 PM
VC money bailing out other VCs. A tale as old as time.
Just a tiny project with over 100 million downloads every month, over 4 million every day. No big deal. Just a small shop, don't overstate its importance.
https://pypistats.org/packages/uv