Some people believe that freedom of choice is the best thing we can get. If you’ve built a few C++ projects in your lifetime you may have experienced the freedom of choice: Makefile, autotools, shell scripts, Waf, Bazel, Maven, QMake, CMake, …! This buffet is much more than any single person can eat!
When building Songcorder, a vinyl-to-digital converter, I had to integrate libraries built with a combination of Makefiles, Waf, CMake, and Conan. And to make them work on Linux, Mac, and Windows. With a nice CI/CD pipeline. I came up with a fusion dish that neither looks or tastes very good. But at least it satisfies the hunger.
I’ll share with you some of my insights into the current landscape of build tools and what I learned on this journey.
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