[pcwalton]

Our joke was "the recommended way to build Skia is to become a Google employee, but there are workarounds available if for some reason that isn't practical".

There's also the question of "which parts of Skia". If there are five different conceivable ways to implement something in vector graphics, Skia will implement all five, and there will be some sort of hidden obscure configuration setting that Chrome and Android will use to determine which one actually gets used. It's a very unfriendly piece of software to use, honestly.

[tjpnz]

In 2024 it would probably be faster to hire a xoogler.