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+A single script, re-executed in a loop at some intervals, serially grabbing all
+the needed data and outputting a status bar string, then passed to `xsetroot -name`,
+while saving state in files (e.g. previous totals, to be converted to deltas).
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+This actually worked surprisingly-OK, but had limitations:
+
+- I use an SSD and want to minimize disk writes
+- not flexible-enough to support my main goal - easy experimentation with
+  various ad-hoc monitors:
+    - I want to set different update intervals for different data sources
+    - I don't want long-running data collectors to block the main loop