Surprisingly productive

When I start a process in emacs, I navigate to the (start-process ...) sexp and type c-x c-e. The process starts and dumps stdout to a buffer of my choosing. I haven't had to leave my text editor and I can navigate through the output with the full power of emacs (copy/paste, searching, saving, etc...).

If I want to kill the process I navigate to the (delete-process ...) sexp and type c-x c-e. The process terminates.

I can save these sexp in a file that makes it easy for me to store and retrieve my "control board".

All of this is accomplished without lifting my fingers off the keyboard.