[Schnitz]

We ported all shell scripts to Python at a company that I’ve worked for. Scripts just kept getting longer and more complex. As a language Python is great, super fast and easy to code in, very little inherent complexity. The reason I wouldn’t choose Python again is distribution. It’s easy enough in Docker, you can just bite the bullet and vendor the same Python in all Docker containers. Mac was a pain though, pyenv etc all had their own issues and collisions with homebrew and dependency management with pip is a hassle as big as npm. A real bummer given how well Python works as a language for scripting.