miniblog.

The niche of short, environment-specific scripts, and the consequences for programming language design choices:

Tried `just` (the task runner) today, and I really like it. npm has scripts, but `just` works anywhere. Editor integration is also excellent: you can get by with Makefile highlighting, but in Emacs you can even run everything interactively! https://github.com/casey/just

Rust's RFC 3191 will let libraries package debugger scripts so you get a better experience when using gdb or windbg: