Why Janet? (2023)(ianthehenry.com)
424 points by yacin | 231 comments
Ian Henry's 2023 blog post arguing why programmers should try Janet, a small Lisp dialect, and promoting his free book about it.
#scripting on Hacker News
10 stories tagged scripting, newest first.
Go away Python(lorentz.app)
374 points by baalimago | 339 comments
Blog post on lorentz.app about using Go programs as executable scripts via a shebang line instead of Python; screenshot shows only the site's landing header.
Fun with uv and PEP 723(cottongeeks.com)
589 points by deepakjois | 205 comments
A blog post explaining how to use the uv package manager and PEP 723 inline script metadata to run one-off Python scripts with dependencies.
Run a C# file directly using dotnet run app.cs(devblogs.microsoft.com)
346 points by soheilpro | 287 comments
Microsoft .NET Blog post announcing that .NET 10 lets developers run a single C# file directly with `dotnet run app.cs`, without a project file.
Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation (2019)(blog.danslimmon.com)
533 points by tehnub | 137 comments
Blog post by Dan Slimmon describing "do-nothing scripts" that encode manual procedures step by step as a path toward gradual automation.
Using uv as your shebang line(akrabat.com)
436 points by Einenlum | 125 comments
Blog post by Rob Allen explaining how to use uv run --script in a shebang line to run Python scripts with inline metadata directly from the command line.
I automated my job application process(blog.daviddodda.com)
591 points by paul-tharun | 796 comments
A blog post by David Dodda describing how he automated his job application process, part 1 of a series.
Java in the Small(horstmann.com)
343 points by crummy | 261 comments
Cay Horstmann's blog post arguing that modern Java, with compile-time typing and good tooling, works well for small scripting and automation tasks.
Ruby: A great language for shell scripts(lucasoshiro.github.io)
367 points by lucasoshiro | 231 comments
A blog post arguing that Ruby is an excellent language for writing shell scripts, showing features that make it better than Bash or Python for complex scripts.
Why Janet?(ianthehenry.com)
344 points by ianthehenry | 112 comments
Ian Henry's blog post making the case for the Janet Lisp dialect as a simple, fun language for side projects, promoting his free book about it.