prune early and often

2026-03-31

uv is amazing but it does come with a sneeky little downside. Every time and you create a cache there's a good chance that it will stick around for-ever. Especially if you create many demo projects with their own environment.

That's why, like flossing, you'll want to frequently do this:

uv cache prune 

Just today this saved 168.2Gb from my drive!