"f*ck it we'll do Live live"
Pretty pleased with how this quick hack turned out! Already allowing me to experiment and prototype faster with hacking Ableton Live to do things like automated twerkflows.
Recently learned Ableton Live Set .als files are merely G-Zipped XML
(thanks Ableton, you kind geniuses, you).
Uses node Chokidar to watch for file system updates, gunzip, and diff them.