Python dependency management is not a developer problem. It is a team productivity problem that shows up as slow CI, painful on-boarding, and a different tool in every repository.
Your Python tools need persistence. Here's how to add it without spinning up a database server, using TinyDB, a zero-dependency document store that lives in a single JSON file.
If you've written a decorator before, you know the syntax. But let's slow down and look at what Python is actually doing, because that mental model is the key to understanding parametrized decorators later.
You push your code. Your teammate pulls it. Nothing works. GitHub Actions fixes that with a single YAML file - automatic tests, linting, and type checks on every push, no extra tools required. Here's how to set it up for your Python project.