What Hynek Schlawack thinks about Python
Software engineer and open-source maintainer of attrs and structlog; writes about Python, software design and career growth at hynek.me.
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4 dated positions, 2023 to 2024, in their own words. Our reading of what Hynek Schlawack has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingUsing virtual environments makes Python's import behavior more predictable and debugging easier.
Their wordsThat makes Python's import behavior much more predictable and debugging import issues less of a murder mystery.
↗Why I Still Use Python Virtual Environments in Dockerhynek.me 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Our readingThe npm ecosystem's project-directory-local-first packaging was ahead of the Python ecosystem.
Their wordsIn that sense, the npm ecosystem with its project-directory-local-first packaging was far ahead of us, stuck in our old, lazy ways.
↗Why I Still Use Python Virtual Environments in Dockerhynek.me 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 19 months earlier
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Their wordsOf course, Nox is a lot more powerful than tox out-of-the-box, courtesy of Python. In the end, you've got the whole standard library at your disposal!
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Their wordsAs James Bennett astutely observed, one cool feature of Nox is that Python versions are first-class selectors for sessions - while for tox it's just a factor like any other.