I'm glad tools like Poetry exist, as they're filling pretty horrible gaps in the Python ecosystem.

> The only reason to use pip-tools is because you already know it and you don't want to switch (yet).

Actually, I settled on pip-tools _after_ trying Poetry :-)

> pip-tools is squarely worse than using Poetry.

News to me. Like I said in my original comment: "I personally still find Poetry and Pipenv to be a little heavy-handed for my preferred workflows." A tool that gets out of my way and lets me achieve my goals is a better tool for me. Since Poetry can't meet me where I am, pip-tools is better _for me_.