> You end up needing to use `uv pip` so it's not even a full replacement for pip.

No you don't. That's just a set of compatibility approaches for people who can't let go of pip/venv. Move to uv/PEP723, world's your oyster.

> It does not play well with Docker.

Huh? I use uv both during container build and container runtime, and it works just fine?

> You end up needing to understand all of these new environmental variables

Not encountered the need for any of these yet. Your comments on uv are so far out of line of all the uses I've seen, I'd love to hear what you're specifically doing that these become breaking points.