Breaking up with Python
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Breaking up with Python
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#2I don't fully agree with these arguments, but they all have some validity. I really felt his point on the documentation - it's great that it's reference-complete if that's what you're looking for, but it's maddening if you are coming to something to find out what it does.
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#4I have just started getting into python as I'm experimenting with pytorch and after a lot of googling I'm still trying to figure out how to use conda properly. Could anyone point me to the best way to manage python environments and packages?
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#5Pretty amazing success for the Python standard library to be labeled as barebones.
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#6I'm at a point where I think I would turn down any job offer that required me to do anything with python (even just the occasional change). I don't have the time or energy to fight with my tooling and environment that much
It's really a shame that data science, ML, and notebooks are so wrapped up in it. Otherwise we could jettison the whole thing into space
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#7> Python’s standard library sucks
Maybe for production ready microservices, but I've always thought Python's std lib was pretty expansive.
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#8Don't forget how much of a pain packaging apps for end users is. There are helpful tools out there for it, but nothing that comes close to the ease of Go's default static builds that I have found.
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#9I have just started getting into python as I'm experimenting with pytorch and after a lot of googling I'm still trying to figure out how to use conda properly. Could anyone point me to the best way to manage python environments and packages?
Tried tons of ways, and finally found peace of mind with poetry:
It encourages to set up project specific definitions which are saved in the local pyproject.toml file. Keeping everything local and project specific, including the env definition, turns out to be a fantastic boon to reproducibility and sanity of mind.
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#10I have just started getting into python as I'm experimenting with pytorch and after a lot of googling I'm still trying to figure out how to use conda properly. Could anyone point me to the best way to manage python environments and packages?
I always recommend the hyper modern guide to python.
https://medium.com/@cjolowicz/hypermodern-python-d44485d9d76...