Hey, #Python friends, I'm still learning... A question...
If you're using virtual environments - what do you do?
I keep finding documents that suggest either is fine (of course), but I wonder if there is some logic behind the choice.
I sometimes forget which one I used and then have to check first, which seems inefficient.
- python -m venv ./venv (50%, 2 votes)
- python -m venv ./.venv (50%, 2 votes)
- Something else? (0%, 0 votes)
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- training set (hard to find, even for so-called "open source" LLM
- training parameters (weight...)
- hardware (GPU type and core number)
- durability (this LLM won't be available on huggingface forever, is there an alternative and more durable deposit somewhere?
Bah “software used" (easiest part)“ is already a thing. 
For instance: « What’s in a package ». Considering the well-know PyTorch AI framework.
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At least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli raid on Salah al-Din Street in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City.
The AFP news agency is now reporting that the five people were all from the Alborno family, who were returning to the neighbourhood to check on their home after Israeli forces withdrew from the area.
![Palestinian doctor Najwa Alborno mourns as the five members of her family killed in an Israeli attack are brought to the al-Ahli Arab Hospital where she works [Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu]](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/15801447 "Palestinian doctor Najwa Alborno mourns as the five members of her family killed in an Israeli attack are brought to the al-Ahli Arab Hospital where she works [Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu]")
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Families flee south Lebanon after Israeli leaflets call for evacuations
![Dozens of families left the border village of al-Wazzani in southern Lebanon, taking their belongings with them, on Sunday [Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu]](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/15801401 "Dozens of families left the border village of al-Wazzani in southern Lebanon, taking their belongings with them, on Sunday [Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu]")
![The Israeli military dropped leaflets ordering people to leave the village and warning them immediately leave their homes and head north [Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu]](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/15801403 "The Israeli military dropped leaflets ordering people to leave the village and warning them immediately leave their homes and head north [Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu]")
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![United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, peacekeepers could be seen patrolling the area as the families left [Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu]](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/15801407 "United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, peacekeepers could be seen patrolling the area as the families left [Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu]")
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in reply to popey • • •Speaking as someone reasonably well versed in the arts of Python packaging and virtual environment management: it really doesn't matter. I mean, it doesn't make a whit of difference for the "machinery" of virtual environments; it's your choice whether you want your venvs hidden or not. (Be wary of anyone trying to tell you that there is a standard practice on this.)
It can be convenient to let a higher-level tool manage venvs for you: pipenv, pdm, hatch, poetry, uv, etc. I would definitely endorse the idea of trying out these tools to understand how they work, and then if you want to use them, go ahead; if not, manually creating a venv works too and is sometimes easier. Personally I use a mix.
Though, the one kind of special case I'd call out is that, if you're installing a Python application, pipx (or some equivalent) is *so convenient* compared to manually managing the venv that I would highly recommend it.
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