Justfiles Are a Joy to Use

Tue, 12 May 2026 13:08:46 +0100

Every project eventually grows its own mythology. “How do you run the tests?” becomes a question answered with a message, a README with outdated instructions, or — if you’re truly cursed — a tribal elder who just left the company.

just ends this. It’s a command runner that stores your project’s commands in a justfile, right next to your code, where they belong.

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Justfiles Are a Joy to Use