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Small Tools, Big Leverage

L. Friedman · Mar 12, 2026

The half-life of a JavaScript framework is shorter than the warranty on a kettle. The half-life of a well-named shell script is approximately forever.

This is not an argument against frameworks. It is an argument for keeping a folder somewhere on your machine — call it ~/bin — where the small, sharp tools live.

Over the years they accumulate into a personal compiler that turns your intentions into outcomes faster than any IDE.