[maleldil]

> don’t ever use the OS’s own Python if you can avoid it.

This includes Homebrew's Python installation, which will update by itself and break things.

[kstrauser]

Yep. I only have Homebrew's Python installed because some other things in Homebrew depend on it. I use pyenv+virtualenv exclusively when developing my own code.

(Technically, I use uv now, but to the same ends.)