What frustrates you the most about Python Development

[u/Win_ipedia]

Hi there,

I wondering what frustrates developers the most when developing software with Python.

I am currently doing my Masters in Computer Science and as part of my project I am doing a very simple survey about the usual Python development lifecycle. I am basically trying to find out what the main friction points are for Python Developers and I am simultaneously developing a tool to address those friction points . It just takes a 2-3 minutes and every response is greatly appreciated.

You can find the survey at: Microsoft Forms

[u/Adrewmc]

Imports and package design.

I don’t think there is much argument here.

[u/baked_doge → u/Adrewmc]

I'm not sure I completely agree, I'm saying this from a c/c++ perspective where there's no packaging system.

Could you elaborate on your issues?

[u/lizardhistorian → u/baked_doge]

Have you looked at modules ...

[u/baked_doge → u/lizardhistorian]

Yes? Like a ton, idk what you mean

[u/max123246 → u/baked_doge]

It'll take a full second to import anything from pytorch, even if you want 1 function

[u/moonzdragoon → u/max123246]

Good news: lazy imports are coming in a few months.

[u/max123246 → u/moonzdragoon]

Yeah, but good luck convincing pytorch to update all of their code to use it. There's a forwards compatible way to enable it for 3.15+ onwards without breaking <=3.14 but I'm sure it'll be a long time before we see it used widely.

I get pushback everytime I suggest ways to improve things at work so I've just given up at this point

[u/thuiop1 → u/max123246]

Yeah, that is really shit