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Life & fun · October 1, 2021

Zero-install task/command runner implemented in Awk

Simple task/command runner with declarative goals and dependencies - xonixx/makesure

Zero-install task/command runner implemented in Awk launched on October 1, 2021 with 6 votes, #1,464 of 2,933 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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