# Writing (system) tools

DevFeed: [Writing (system) tools](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/writing-system-tools-30144.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://www.netmeister.org/blog/writing-tools.html>)

Published: 2012-07-16T22:53:02Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Signs of Triviality](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signs-of-triviality.md>)

Topics: [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [Scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scripting.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scripting.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [writing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/writing.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses the difficulty of writing software and avoiding excessive reliance on scripting when developing system tools.

## Source excerpt

Writing software is hard. Avoiding the scripting trap when writing system tools is even harder.