jq is nice, but the moment i need anything more complex than "pull this attribute out of bunch of objects" i vastly prefer spinning up an actual language runtim

jq is nice, but the moment i need anything more complex than "pull this attribute out of bunch of objects" i vastly prefer spinning up an actual language runtime. or use a tool built around a language (e.g. https://github.com/borkdude/jet https://github.com/borkdude/jet) rather than a language built around a tool.