I’ve never developed anything with python – but I had to install and run it on many build agents. Python was always painful, because of the many different version. In my current project there are many solutions with python script, and I must work on some of them.
https://writeabout.net/2020/03/30/containerized-development-environments-with-docker-and-visual-studio-code/
https://writeabout.net/2020/03/30/containerized-development-environments-with-docker-and-visual-studio-code/