• Pixi and The Evolution of Package Management

  • Jun 26 2024
  • Length: 59 mins
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Pixi and The Evolution of Package Management

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    In this episode, I speak with Wolf Vollprecht Co-founder of Prefix.dev and to key player in the condo forge ecosystem. We discuss the critical role of open source infrastructure, like PyPi aAnd the monthly cost associated with it emphasizing the importance of sustained investment for infrastructure.

    Wolf shares his journey from studying mechanical engineering and falling in love with open source to contributing, to Conda forge and creating Mamba and pixi, a fast package manager. We dive into the capabilities of pixie a Rust based package management tool designed to be faster and more efficient than Conda. Pixie integrates well with both conda forge and PyPi environments and addresses the dependency and reproducibility issues, and supports cross-platform package management. Wolf also talks about the open-core business model supported by VC funding and grants, aiming to build a sustainable and enhanced packaging management ecosystem.

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