[otsaloma]

That's specifically the gain here, you don't need to keep learning new build tools or language-specific tools. Make works for all languages, all kinds of projects, has been around since forever and is not going away. It's the only build tool you need to learn.

[pdimitar]

`just` does the same but better, is much quicker to learn (we're talking literal 5-10 minutes), and doesn't have decades of weird syntax baggage.

[worthless-trash]

By the time its close to makes popularity, it will.