uv’s New Update Isn’t About Cache Size. It’s a Silent Takeover.
uv’s latest PR deliberately sacrifices speed for storage efficiency, but the real story isn’t the 4% slowdown. By shifting to BLAKE3 file-level hashing, Astral is quietly turning uv into a content-addressed package store. This isn’t a benchmark optimization—it’s infrastructure lock-in, funded by AI capital, and you’re already trapped.