The cost of a fork
Every build system is a trade-off. The one that interests me is whether you stay native or fork the ecosystem, because a fork has a cost that doesn't go unnoticed.
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Bazel everywhere?
Coding agents are lowering the cost of adopting powerful but complex tools like Kubernetes and Bazel, but I don't think that means we're heading toward a Bazel-everywhere world. The reasons are not technical, they are ecosystem-shaped.
Between Simplicity and Limitations: A Developer's Take on Apple's Tooling Strategy
Apple's focus on simplifying basic tasks may overshadow the challenges of complex operations. Developers, often uninformed due to lack of data, face hard choices: pivot to alternatives or revamp systems.