Managing Python dependencies has always been a pain point - from slow installs to version mismatches across projects. uv aims to fix that. If you’re like me, you love writing code – it’s fun and solves real problems. But too often, we end up wrestling with tooling before we can even start, especially in Python with its dreadful dependency management.

Using pip is like assembling IKEA furniture without instructions. Add a single package, and suddenly you’re battling dependency conflicts, version chaos, and cryptic errors – decoding them feels like reading an ancient language.

I can’t even run a simple script without either polluting my global environment or creating a virtual environment for a one-off script I’ll never run again.

It’s ridiculous how something that should simplify our lives makes it more complicated, especially compared to other ecosystems. Having previously worked with Ruby and its beautiful and mature gem system, I felt like switching to Python downgraded my experience.