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Show HN: Mess – a tiny CLI to clean dev clutter

Mess is a tiny CLI tool designed to clean up development clutter, helping users remove unnecessary files and directories from their projects efficiently.

Background

- **Mess** is an open-source CLI tool that helps developers clean up disk space by removing common clutter: `node_modules`, Python virtual environments, build artifacts, and similar cache/ dependency folders. It scans a directory tree and lets you batch-delete junk in one command. - It's written in Rust (a systems language favored for performance and safety) and published on GitHub under the MIT license. - "Show HN" is a section of Hacker News where makers share side projects for feedback. A "Show HN" post signals the project is newly released and open to community testing. - The name is a pun: "mess" as in untidiness, and also a recursive acronym (a geeky tradition) — likely expanding to something like "Mess Eliminates Stale Stuff" or similar.

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