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		wraptile 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git I mean it worked out for Astral who made open python tooling and got acquired by openai¹ maybe it's a new legit strategy now 1 - https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-astral/

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nine_k 11 days ago | [–]

But uv is a (very-) nice-to-have tool, not the foundation.

Also, uv is open source, and can be forked if the company behind it decides to close it (see Terraform → OpenTofu, etc).

chadrs 11 days ago | [–]

surely you've witnessed the backlash to uv as a result though

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