Hobbit client external script debugging

How do people who run the hobbit client debugging their external scripts? With BB I usually export BBHOME and run $BBHOME/etc/bbdef.sh from my current shell and I can run my external scripts in the forground and see what they're doing.

I suppose that I could change my external scripts to run every minute or two and monitor the log files, but I'd rather run them as needed while working on them. Or I could keep around a BB client for each platform that I need to tweak scripts on.

Is there another option that I've overlooked?