[binalpatel]

I find conda far and above the best tool to manage python packages and dependencies. Being able to concisely contain all Python and binary dependencies together is invaluable.

I recently wrote about it as blog post, using conda within containers has solved almost every pain point we had with python packaging and how to get things into production reliably.

[orf]

Counterpoint: it's terrible. A lack of a lockfile is a killer, plus it not really fitting well with the general ecosystem (it's not really a python dependency manager). It's an all or nothing tool, which sucks to be honest

Now most projects have wheels pip is pretty damn good.

The conda CLI is also just terrible. It's good for ad-hoc research, but for big deployments? No thanks, I've had enough pain using it.