10-15 minute TTFP with Plots.jl... Please help

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I know, but thanks for saying it anyway!

My current (unsafe) solution is to add this to my startup.jl

# https://discourse.julialang.org/t/10-15-minute-ttfp-with-plots-jl-please-help/92636/53?u=lilith
if isinteractive()
    import Pkg;
    function _add(pkg::AbstractString)
        Pkg.activate(pkg, shared=true); Pkg.add(pkg)
        open(joinpath(first(DEPOT_PATH), "config", "startup.jl"), "a") do io
            println(io, "\nisinteractive() && push!(LOAD_PATH, \"@$pkg\")")
        end
    end
    function _up(pkg::AbstractString)
        Pkg.activate(pkg, shared=true); Pkg.up()
    end
end

and run

_add("Plots")

once from any REPL. The isinteractive() branch is optional and only works in Julia 1.8+.

This is a combination of my idea to use a designated Plots environment and ignore select compat entries and @nilshg’s idea to use load paths