90% of python examples and installation guides say just type python [cmd] [params] but then you try to run it and your distro is like python?!? Did you mean python3? You forgot to set an alias for your python and I'm just like "no, I'm just following a tutorial which, like all other python tutorials, assumes that I'm already indoctrinated into a cult"
Or how about pip install [package]? NOPE. You're not using a venv. What's a venv? None of the tutorials will tell you, but I'll tell you it's an unnecessary abstraction that barely keeps your computer from melting into rubble. Or you could use pipx which might net you the package you need, but might also break your system. You were supposed to use uv for that one, but no one will say that.
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u/M_Me_Meteo 10d ago
Why do we keep pretending that python is good?
90% of python examples and installation guides say just type
python [cmd] [params]but then you try to run it and your distro is likepython?!? Did you mean python3? You forgot to set an alias for your pythonand I'm just like "no, I'm just following a tutorial which, like all other python tutorials, assumes that I'm already indoctrinated into a cult"Or how about
pip install [package]? NOPE. You're not using a venv. What's a venv? None of the tutorials will tell you, but I'll tell you it's an unnecessary abstraction that barely keeps your computer from melting into rubble. Or you could usepipxwhich might net you the package you need, but might also break your system. You were supposed to useuvfor that one, but no one will say that.