Slot: scripts

Glue, automation, one-off jobs.

A product is a set of slots to fill: browser, server, database, deploy. A language fills some of them well, some badly, some not at all. A stack is one pick per slot.

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Who fits

Language	Fit
Bash	●●● strong
Python	●●● strong	The default language for system administration and automation scripts.
PHP	●●○ ok	Runs from the command line with the php binary.
Ruby	●●○ ok
Lua	●○○ weak