The Joy of Internal Tools

This post introduces the `slack-cli` project, a command-line executable that consolidates various ad-hoc shell scripts into a shared set of developer tools. It outlines the benefits of such tooling, including faster onboarding, improved focus, reduced cognitive load, and shared improvements. The post details the implementation strategy, where `slack-cli` acts as a runner for `slack-whatever` executables, and how it's installed via a Makefile. It also introduces `slack update-tools` for keeping the CLI up-to-date and announces the open-sourcing of the pattern as `magic-cli`.