# The Python Tooling Revolution

Python development is experiencing a tooling revolution thanks to [Astral](https://astral.sh/)'s [ruff](https://pydevtools.com/handbook/reference/ruff.md) and [uv](https://pydevtools.com/handbook/reference/uv.md). Lewis Gaul's blog examines how these tools are transforming Python workflows with exceptional speed and intelligent design.

> When trying ruff check the benefits were immediately obvious: performance is incredible, provides a superset of the pylint rules, reporting of errors is very clear, configuration is straightforward, documentation is excellent...and above all else the --fix flag is a huge win to automatically fix certain rule violations.

Read more [here](https://lewisgaul.co.uk/blog/coding/2025/03/17/astral-python-tooling/).