[zmmmmm]

Build systems seem to sit in that category of perenial category of things that keep getting re-invented, and either recapitulate existing problems or create new ones.

I don't think people will ever fundamentally all agree on:

    - static vs dynamic configuration
    - custom language vs piggy back on existing
    - intelligent, deeply integrated / understands code 
      it is building vs "language agnostic" but 
      necessarily shallow integration

All of these are fundamental tradeoffs that mean every tool will have limitations that about 50% of people don't like. And so we will keep re-inventing forever I think.