[brettcannon]

Please realize that the concept of virtual environments in Python predate things like npm, so there are lessons that were learned later on that no one knew about. Also realize that the things you list all layer on top of each other so you're listing lower-level libraries next to higher-level ones.

E.g. pipenv <- pew, pyenv <- virtualenv/venv, so that list could be likened to complaining that Python, C, assembly, and CPU microcode is "too many". Sure, you could argue they are usable independent of each other, but you aren't about to say that there are too many pieces of tech there and we should stop and sending raw electricity to the CPU.

I think that list could legitimately be cut down to pipenv and conda (maybe pipsi, but that's just for installing CLI tools and isn't for development). Everything else is lower-level than what most people will need for app development.