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by lihaoyi 575 days ago
Author here, hope people find this article interesting!
2 comments

"From this study we can see the paradox: the Java compiler is blazing fast, while Java build tools are dreadfully slow."

Hi, nice article! I wholeheartedly agree with the conclusion after 10 years of fighting with maven for performance gains (that I always measured in minutes not seconds).

Slow feedback cycle is the root of all evil.

I'd love to see Bazel added to the comparison.