Do you mind in mentioning some of the options available that you consider better than Cypher?

YADM[0] is another great tool for this very purpose which I've been using for years in combination with homebrew to setup any new (Mac) machine that I get and have everything from dotfiles to Applications installed in no time.

[0] https://yadm.io

Worth to mention is the https://lmax-exchange.github.io/disruptor/

A High Performance Inter-Thread Messaging Library used for HFT.

Why care if dishwasher is empty?