Python, a versatile and widely-used language, has long struggled with package management. Initially introduced in 2008 with pip, Python's default package manager, it has faced limitations such as lack of environment management and dependency resolution issues. Despite improvements over the years, including the rise of tools like Poetry, which handled both package dependencies and virtual environments, Python still lags behind other languages. The latest effort to address these challenges is uv, a Rust-based package manager that takes an efficient approach to dependency resolution by computing the entire dependency graph upfront, enabling parallel installation of packages. This enables safer and more efficient lock management, addressing some of the issues with pip and Poetry. Dagster, another tool in Python's ecosystem, has found uv to be particularly well-suited for its use cases, as it pairs well with Dagster's CLI tool to quickly spin up Python environments for data platforms, making the developer process seamless.