I use /tmp all the time. I find myself needing to interact with things for which the filesystem/shell interface is appropriate, but for which I don't want to wo

I use /tmp all the time. I find myself needing to interact with things for which the filesystem/shell interface is appropriate, but for which I don't want to worry about having to clean out the directory before it gets too large. Having it sit in RAM is great, because I get the speed without subjecting my disk to unnecessary writes - for certain operations, this can be a huge bonus.