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by cpeterso 1206 days ago
> The work mostly involved dynamic systems for ensuring the builds worked without an internet connection (monitoring network activity to make sure everything was cached/saved correctly).

Documenting and archiving your build tools is also important. I knew a team that checked everything into source control, even Visual Studio. This ensures the tools were all preserved, everyone is using the same versions, and the code is synchronized with the tool versions.