Using PowerShell to launch multiple npm/yarn scripts in a multi-pane Windows Terminal

I have a monorepo consisting of multiple TypeScript projects, each one having its own dev server or file watcher.

Firing up multiple terminals and manually starting the dev servers was getting tedious. So, I began looking for a way to automate it. Here's what I came up with.

My solution uses Windows Terminal's split pane feature, which is sort of like tmux. Windows Terminal offers a CLI approach to launch a terminal, split it in to multiple panes, and execute a command in each one.

I put together this PowerShell script to act as a shortcut:

$WtArgs = (
  "new-tab -d . pwsh -NoProfile -NoExit -Command yarn workspace @foxandfly/package-1 run start ; ",
  "split-pane -d . pwsh -NoProfile -NoExit -Command yarn workspace @foxandfly/package-2 run start ; ",
  "split-pane -d . pwsh -NoProfile -NoExit -Command yarn workspace @foxandfly/package-3 run start "
)

Start-Process wt $WtArgs

So I create this file (dev.ps1) in my monorepo root and run it when I want to launch all of my dev servers at one time.