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by hobs 1288 days ago
Pin your versions. Also - to make the equivalent safe bash program compared to a typical python implementation is ... a lot of work. Enough that imo the python version is worth the maintenance.
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Pinning versions doesn’t help when the old version of some dependency no longer works with your new OS or hardware.

I mostly only code in Python but this article really spoke to me. I have <10 personal Python scripts that I use heavily for my job, but they are such a bear to maintain.

Meanwhile my two old Autohotkey scripts that I wrote 10+ years ago and rarely touch still chug along perfectly.