scripting

The article discusses replacing the startplasma service with shell scripts or dinit as an alternative for Linux systems.

Janet is a programming language designed for system scripting, automation, and embedding in larger programs, featuring a rich core library with built-in networking and PEG parsing.

This article introduces how to quickly set up an macOS-like desktop theme on Omarchy, using the MacTahoe GTK theme and WhiteSur icon theme, and achieve easy switching through scripted configurations.

Gregor Zunic introduces macOS Harness, a persistent Python tool that enables control over Mac tasks using the accessibility tree, AppleScript, screenshots, and coordinate input.

Browser Use CLI is a browser harness that enables AI agents to run complete web browsing workflows via scripts, improving efficiency and reducing costs for web tasks.

LuaCAD is a scriptable CAD tool using Lua for parametric 2D and 3D modeling, built on a Rust engine with support for various export formats and CSG operations.

A tip on using codex exec to create repeatable, scriptable workflows for clean, isolated model runs, useful for evals, batch jobs, CI, and comparing prompts or models.

Explains the shell colon (null command) and its practical uses like argument checking, setting defaults, and file operations.

The author created a bash enumerator tool to replace xargs for command-line enumeration tasks.

A Reddit user discusses the potential of small local language models (1B-4B parameters) for automation and scripting, and asks for resources focused on this use case.

An article advocating for the Janet programming language, highlighting its simplicity, ease of distribution, powerful parsing with PEGs, and excellent subprocess DSL, making it ideal for side projects and command-line tools.

The author describes creating a shell script to automate splitting Konsole terminal views and running tools like gitu directly from the Helix editor, improving workflow automation.

A guide on designing CLIs specifically for AI agents, emphasizing predictability, scriptability, and safe defaults.

Tips for automating Prolog project releases using a Prolog script to increment versions, commit, tag, and register new pack versions with SWI-Prolog's pack system.

The article explains why F# is a great choice for scripting and automation tasks, highlighting its helpful type system and natural pipeline operator that make code predictable and reliable.

Simon Willison demonstrates how to use the llm CLI tool in script shebang lines to execute LLM prompts and tool calls directly from executable files.