Conda has problems but generally it is pretty incredible. It was way more useful before python wheels were everywhere tho. It’s still amazing and you can install so many non python related things with it. Mad props to conda-forge too.
I quite like the pyproject.toml; it + poetry + dephell is (relatively speaking) a breeze. Both poetry and dephell are quite good and they don’t not mesh with conda. Python packaging is awful but it’s gotten way better; it’s still maddening but it’s better.