I tend to write myself compact little wrappers in the `littler` package (see its `inst/examples/` dir) whenever I need something, and Troy has been busy creating an entire R package toolchain for development that is way more lightweight and nimble than the existing flavors, you could check that out. One blog post is listed below, the packages have likely been updated since.
https://cornball.ai/posts/tinyverse-development-toolchain/
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