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TARIFF: Make Python Imports "Great Again" – How It Works

TARIFF: Python's 'Import Tax' Tool – Slow Down Foreign Packages! A satirical take on dependency control.

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Apr 17, 2025
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When Programmers Start Playing "Trade Protection"...

Still recklessly using Python packages? Your CPU resources are silently slipping away! Today, we're going hardcore—slapping tariffs on imports!

What’s the "Tariff" Black Magic?

TARIFF is a wildly creative Python package that imposes "import tariffs" on specified third-party libraries! The mechanism is simple:

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