It doesn't need insightful rebuttal :)

But ...

    1. *> is a thing
    2. see above, I agree that Start-Transcript could be better and include all
    3. Just provide your own massaged JSON
    4. Not a pwsh problem, problem in general. For example take a look at Invoke-Builds `exec` as one way to handle this

But really, 4 random things, and you don't like 2 decades of work. Awesome!