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this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2026
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Just stand up a VM to do it in, so you don't corrupt anything else you made in python that you also want to run on the same box, amirite?
A venv isn't a vm
A venv is still a container to setup, configure, more environment to manange.
My preference is for an app that runs without all that, something I can build, link and distribute as a single executable file which runs when it runs and doesn't leave a pile of (usually highly disorganized) infrastructure to untangle when we're done with it. Yes, of course a venv done well helps with that - except when they're done by the average piker.