Poetry doesn't fix the fact that python removes modules from the standard library every release.

I've never run into that.

Doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist.

i like poetry though i've moved to uv - both work really well

I've heard great things about uv. I plan to try it for my next project.

I use pipenv and it kind-of-works. Will try uv or poetry though - which one would you recommend?

UV. Using it as the exec target for python (UV script) is great. Dependencies declared at the top, now I have executable files in something better than bash.

I no longer shy away from writing <500 LOC utility/glue scripts in python thanks to uv.

I can't recommend uv enough. It's so fast, and uvx is so useful to run a random Python CLI tool. If you want to do things like you're accustomed to with pip you just `uv pip ...`