Nichita Morcotilo - Bridging the worlds: pixi reimplements pip and conda in Rust

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Nichita Morcotilo - Bridging the worlds: pixi reimplements pip and conda in Rust

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-up045PgXE

0:13 Speaker introduction
0:25 Setting the stage
1:39 Short history of packaging configuration and distribution tools
4:38 Today's ecosystem
5:30 Introducing pixi
6:20 Overview
7:20 Core philosophy of pixi
7:25 Why is pixi using conda?
9:08 Conda ecosystem overview
9:40 Workflows: pixi vs conda
10:25 pixi tour
10:57 pixi configuration and overview of channels, platforms, tasks, and dependencies
12:48 pixi Lockfiles
14:24 pixi Tasks
16:17 pixi is faster than micromamba and conda
17:05 pixi is faster beause it uses a custom SAT solver in Rust and UV under the hood
19:32 pixi demo: multiple environments, each with specific attributes, tasks, and dependencies
24:00 Give pixi a try!
24:54 Q&A: How can developers create dev environments in which to experiment?
26:15 Q&A: What is the current state of web assembly support in pixi?
26:53 Q&A: Where does the name pixi come from?
27:15 Q&A: Can pixi create its own configuration file?
28:19 Q&A: How does pixi work if you have an existing configuration or environment?
29:06 Thank you!