Requirements-txt Memes

Picture this: you just want to backup your Android ROM using some random Python script. Simple task, right? WRONG. Welcome to dependency hell, population: YOU. It starts innocently enough—clone a repo, run pip install. But then Python decides to play the world's most sadistic game of whack-a-mole with your sanity. Wrong Python version? Uninstall, reinstall. Pip needs upgrading? Sure, why not. Oh, you need Microsoft Build Tools now? For a PYTHON project? Make it make sense. And just when you think you've conquered Mount Dependency, the final boss appears: you need OpenSSL 1.1.1 specifically—not the latest version, because that would be TOO CONVENIENT. Time to fire up the wayback machine and archaeologically excavate ancient software versions like you're Indiana Jones hunting for deprecated libraries. After approximately 47 error messages, 23 Google searches, and one existential crisis later, the program finally installs. You run it with trembling hands and... it doesn't work. Chef's kiss. Python dependency management is basically a choose-your-own-adventure book where every path leads to suffering.