targeting mono means there's a pretty straightforward path to standalone binaries via mkbundle. code can be run via a #jn cli, mono, or packaged up to run on its own as a binary. here's a command line tool that greets you depending on the time of day.
also keeping an eye on startup/run times. compilation from source isnt terribly fast, but i have ideas to improve that. running compiled code through mono is weirdly the fastest, beating the native binary by more than 2x