You can play with a user space port called plan9port (https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/) where you can run the "plumber" executable, edit your rule file and then just invoke the plumb command with some text and context and have it do things. It also comes with the acme editor and other tools.

This way you can have some of the fun of plan9 but keep your modern amenities such as wifi, a browser and whatnot.