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uv: An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust

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740 points chirau | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 16:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.548s | source
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theLiminator ◴[23 Jun 25 17:43 UTC] No.44358222[source]▶
uv and ruff are a great counterexample to all those people who say "never reinvent the wheel". Don't ever do it just for the sake of doing it, but if you have focused goals you can sometimes produce a product that's an order of magnitude better.
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jjtheblunt ◴[23 Jun 25 18:25 UTC] No.44358583[source]▶
> an order of magnitude better

off topic, but i wonder why that phrase gets used rather than 10x which is much shorter.

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1. BeetleB ◴[23 Jun 25 19:44 UTC] No.44359304[source]▶
Short answer: Because the base may not be 10.

Long answer: Because if you put a number, people expect it to be accurate. If it was 6x faster, and you said 10x, people may call you out on it.