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by SoftTalker 1324 days ago
I'm a big fan of using a standalone Makefile to manage the build of a project rather than having the IDE do it by "magic." Makefiles can also be used to handle a lot of repetitive processes or tasks that have to happen in a certain order based on dependencies -- they aren't limited to running compilers.
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Very much agree.

[small plug] I've just done a presentation at $Work saying just that:

> By using Makefiles in your repos, you document and automate common "build" tasks.[1]

[1]: https://jiby.tech/presentation/makefiles/makefiles

I do this too. I can do anything with vim, Go and a Makefile.