#432 How To Fix Your Computer

Topics covered in this episode:

• pre-commit: install with uv
• PEP 773: A Python Installation Manager for Windows (Accepted)
• Changes for Textual
• The Best Programmers I Know
• Extras
• Joke

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Brian #1: pre-commit: install with uv

• Adam Johnson
• uv tool works great at keeping tools you use on lots of projects up to date quickly, why not use it for pre-commit.
• The extension of pre-commit-uv will use uv to create virtual environments and install packages fore pre-commit. This speeds up initial pre-commit cache creation.
• However, Adam is recommending this flavor of using pre-commit because it’s just plain easier to install pre-commit and dependencies than the official pre-commit install guide.
• Win-win.
• Side note: No Adam, I’m not going to pronounce uv “uhv”, I’ll stick with “you vee”, even Astral tells me I’m wrong

Michael #2: PEP 773: A Python Installation Manager for Windows (Accepted)

• via pycoders newsletter
• One manager to rule them all – PyManager.
• PEP 773 replaces all existing Windows installers (.exe “traditional” bundle, per-version Windows Store apps, and the separate py.exe launcher) with a single MSIX app called Python Install Manager (nick-named PyManager).
• PyManager should be mainstream by CPython 3.15, and the traditional installer disappears no earlier than 3.16 (≈ mid-2027).
• Simple, predictable commands.
  • python → launches “the best” runtime already present or aut