“It is a really good display. The buttons are not easy to use in practice but this is a very compact unit when all said and done. The RGB LED is bright and versatile.
The product listing does say that "Your Pico will need to have male headers soldered to it (with the pins pointing downwards)". If you want to access I/O pins easily then use the very long pins so you have pins both sides.
I got it to work with no issues under MicroPython. I plan to try it on CiruitPython also.”