I hadn't updated my development environment in a while, and my package manager (to download and ensure every module has the right dependent modules, if you aren't familiar with Python), Conda, was taking for ev errrrrr!! I had read about a newer manager, uv, written in Rust (the compiled language all the cool kids are talking about), so I figured it was time to try it.

Night and day. I downloaded and configured my entire development environment in about 30 seconds. It uses `pip` commands, though those are rewritten, too. I just gave it a file with a list of mandatory modules and it put in the latest versions, though I could also specify which ones I needed. Super simple.

(I'm trying putting the tags at the beginning of the post to make it easier for people who wouldn't be interested to scroll past. Let me know if this makes it worse for you.)