diff --git a/build b/build
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cargo build --manifest-path ./rust/Cargo.toml
+ln -sf $(pwd)/rust/target/debug/libgarnet_rs.a $(cabal list-bin . | sed -e 's=x/garnet/build/garnet/garnet=build=g')
+cabal build
diff --git a/generate-bindings b/generate-bindings
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# this is obviously kind of horrible...
-
-# when should we run this? during every `cabal build`, `cabal repl` etc. I guess
-# it's tricky because we really don't want it to be stale
-# we should also bear in mind `nix build` and Rust `debug`/`release`
-# eugh, I really wish Hooks just worked
-# remember also that we still need run `cargo build --manifest-path ./rust/Cargo.toml` before build, to avoid stale .so
-# that's only important at link time so I think it can be a `postBuildComponentHook` - then e.g. HLS won't try to run it
-# for now maybe we should do that in a single script alongside the symlinking
-# with comments explaining how we expect each workaround to go away eventually
-
-# oh, you know what, we could just symlink...
-
-# can we use `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` instead?
-# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=rust/target/debug/libgarnet_rs.a cabal run
-# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/rust/target/debug cabal run
-# seemingly not
-# cabal run --extra-lib-dirs $(pwd)/rust/target/debug
-
-# it would be nice if Cabal had a declarative way of specifying input file, so we don't need custom setup or anything
-
-# place static lib in position for bundling with Cabal
-# symlink does work!
-# put it in Rust build script?
-# or maybe in shell hook? well, that's probably not often enough, since it won't survive a `cabal clean`
-ln -s $(pwd)/rust/target/debug/libgarnet_rs.a $(cabal list-bin . | sed -e 's=x/garnet/build/garnet/garnet=build=g')
-
-# cabal run