Files, folders, exports, aliases and functions

It‘s tempting to instinctively reach for databases, proprietary apps or complex SaaS tools when starting new projects, but it‘s worth remembering that there is an incredibly flexible set of tools baked right into the OS. What's more is that they have been tried and tested over many years. That's not to say that they should be used for everything, but they are a great foundation to start building, and often compliment other more complex tools. They are a great way to bootstrap your own custom computing environment, no matter the task. The first thing might seem very obvious, but they are perhaps the most well known primitive in all of computing: files and folders. They are your agnostic storage layer. In fact on unix / linux operating systems, "everything is a file" is literally part of the entire philosophy. Flat files (markdown, plain text, etc) outlive platforms and apps. The are portable-human readable and naturally ready for AI/LLM tools without custom data pipelines. By designing…