I also use Steak in my everyday job and I think Steak is more an idea than a library. The idea of doing acceptance testing without extra layers such as Cucumber

I also use Steak in my everyday job and I think Steak is more an idea than a library. The idea of doing acceptance testing without extra layers such as Cucumber, and some little convenience tools for the job (those aliases you refer, a couple generators and rake tasks, and a common reference for the community on how to do it). I remember @cavalle pointing in Twitter something like "Steak is a gem but it could be a gist". So using this definition, you're still kind of using Steak =;-) (and actually is what made you do that step). I think it provides that value, but you can cook it on your own because as you point is not difficult at all.