ADDED   serialize-env.scm
Index: serialize-env.scm
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+(use z3)
+(use base64)
+
+(let* ((env-str        (with-output-to-string (lambda () (pp (get-environment-variables)))))
+       (zipped-env-str (z3:encode-buffer env-str))
+       (b64-env-str    (base64-encode zipped-env-str)))
+  (print b64-env-str))
+
+