216: ruff, uv, and Astral: Python tooling, much faster, with Rust
Mar 11, 2024
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Explore the use of Rust to create faster Python tooling with Ruff and uv. Learn about Astral's venture-backed company and the future of UV tool. Discover how UV can enhance packaging, virtual environments, and GitHub issue management.
UV aims to replace pip tools and virtual environments, offering speed enhancements for frequent tool usage.
Ruff is focused on enhancing editor integrations by rewriting the language server in Rust to provide users with advanced analysis functionalities and seamless coding experiences.
Deep dives
Introduction and Background of UV and Rough
The podcast introduces Charlie Marsh and focuses on UV, a tool designed to replace pip tools and virtual environments, offering speed enhancements for frequent tool usage. UV aims to improve day-to-day workflow speed and productivity. Marsh discusses the origins of UV and rough, where rough was initially created to test faster Python tooling using Rust and enhance Python tool chain efficiency. The development of rough quickly gained momentum with early projects like gino and fast API.
UV's Unique Functionality and Speed Improvements
UV's primary goal is to be faster and more performant than existing tools like pip and pip tools, offering support for approximately 700 rules and streamlined project setups. The tool achieves speed enhancements through improved cache management, enabling efficient storage and reuse of dependencies across different projects. UV aims to create lightweight virtual environments by effectively linking shared dependencies instead of duplicating them, thus enhancing both speed and disk space efficiency.
UV's Future Roadmap and Python Version Management
The future of UV involves adding features for bootstrapping and managing Python versions seamlessly. Marsh envisions UV handling the complete installation process, including Python and dependencies, simplifying the setup for users. This development aims to offer a unified tooling experience by integrating Python version management within the UV tool, aligning with the goal of enhancing user productivity and efficiency in project setups.
Upcoming Improvements in Rough and Editor Integrations
In the realm of rough, there is a focus on enhancing editor integrations by rewriting the language server in Rust to integrate it directly within rough. This internal integration is expected to bolster persistent state management, robustness, and enable cohesive analysis across multiple files. By investing in editor integrations, the aim is to expand rough's capabilities and provide users with advanced analysis functionalities and seamless coding experiences.