Docker images using uv's python (via) Michael Kennedy interviewed uv/Ruff lead Charlie Marsh on his Talk Python podcast, and was inspired to try uv with Talk Python's own infrastructure, a single 8 CPU server running 17 Docker containers (status page here).
The key line they're now using is this:
RUN uv venv --python 3.12.5 /venv
Which downloads the uv
selected standalone Python binary for Python 3.12.5 and creates a virtual environment for it at /venv
all in one go.
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