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#439: Pixi, A Fast Package Manager

November 22, 2023 00:59:04 57.01 MB Downloads: 0
On this episode we have Wolf Vollprecht and Ruben Arts from the pixi project here to talk about pixi, a high performance package manager for Python and other languages that actually manages Python itself too. They have a lot of interesting ideas on where Python packaging should go and are putting their time and effort behind them. Will pixi become your next package manager? Listen in to find out.

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Guests
Wolf Vollprecht: github.com/wolfv
Ruben Arts: github.com/ruben-arts

pixi: prefix.dev
Prefix: prefix.dev
Launching pixi: prefix.dev
Conda: docs.conda.io
Conda Forge: conda-forge.org
NixOS: nixos.org
Packaging Con 2023: packaging-con.org
Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm

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