[nibbleshifter]

Standalone Python apps as binaries tend to be poorly performant, and huge (due to shipping an interpreter, stdlib, deps, etc) in my experience.

Assuming you get it working at all.

[jonnycomputer]

I'd prefer an informative rebuttal if people disagree with nibbleshifter, because I want to learn.

[nibbleshifter]

I'm also kind of hoping someone comes along and says I'm wrong with a solution that doesn't suck tbh.