Starting a Python "project"

Lately, I've been creating a lot of cookiecutter templates to use in my throwaway projects. I even created a script (cocu) to simplify the process, but I rarely remember to use it. During this period, I struggled a lot with the cookiecutter, but in the end, I came to the conclusion that it is simpler to document the process of creating a new project than to blindly depend on it.

The process I'm following is quite simple; just follow these steps:

• Create and change to a new directory (mkdir yolo && cd yolo)
• Create a direnv file (.envrc) and allow it to run (cocu python/direnv && direnv allow .)
• Create a virtualenv (python -m venv .venv)
• Create a simple main.py with a "Hello World" and start hacking

Until I find a simpler way to do this for more complex projects, I'll keep creating projects manually.