But then your compiled binaries are not portable cross-architecture, or your scripts require a compatible interpreter to be pre-installed.

Worth it.

With Amber (and anything like it) you need an Amber compiler to be able to work on the script. And half of the reason to use a "script" is the ability to edit them if need arises.

Also since I'm 100% Nix now, I require `nix` installed everywhere anywhere, and if there's `nix`, anything else is available in a reproducible way.