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bakefile in practice: the supporting cast

The second bakefile in practice post: the helpers behind the patterns. Setup, secrets, publish, environments, config, the CLI, shipped once as library code.

Jul 2026
bakefile in practice: four patterns that scale

Composition over configuration, Template Method, a uniform interface, workflows as libraries: four patterns from every repo I run bakefile in. Part one.

Jul 2026
Make vs Just vs Task vs mise: which reuses workflows?

An audit of how five task runners share workflows between repos: Make include, Just import, Task includes, mise extends, Invoke collections. Where each breaks.

Apr 2026
Developer Workflows Need an Abstraction

Every repo re-copies the same lint, test, and deploy recipes. Workflows need what code already has: inheritance, mixins, and versioned distribution.

Feb 2026