Thread by @QuinnyPig

Sure are a lot of JavaScript fans on Twitter. I think there'd be more Python shitposts except we're all busy trying to solve dependency problems.

I want to do a python project on my Mac. Okay, install asdf so I don't destroy my system python install, select the version.

Make sure my shell is configured to use it properly.

Time to pip install the stuff I need to globally.

Now time to create that project. Use a virtualenv to contain dependencies. Install all that global stuff all over again...

Wait, should I have been using pipenv or pyenv instead?

Both, maybe?

Now I need to make sure requirements.txt and my Pipfile remain in sync as well.

Make sure I exclude the .venv in the project git config so I don't stuff a bunch of garbage into git.

Or should I be using a common ~/.venvs/ directory instead to keep it entirely out of the way?

I'll install virtualenvwrapper to handle some of the common use cases--oh no it conflicts with my new zsh config and now suddenly AWS environment variables aren't propagating between shells like they should.

Okay, I've finally gotten it working OH FOR GOD'S SAKE now I have to do all of this again on the Linux box I want to move the project to for dev work, plus find a way to shove this nonsense into my ci/cd pipeline.

Maybe the $1.438T company that prides itself on open source could do something to help make this hellscape easier?

I mean for God’s sake, if Amazon is going to sponsor any programming language it should be the one whose package manager is called “PIP.”