The gist of the post is that make is preferable to modern build systems. The author has used self-depracating humour to defend himself against attacks, but cle

The gist of the post is that make is preferable to modern build systems. The author has used self-depracating humour to defend himself against attacks, but clearly it was too dry. If we stopped attacking the authors of articles, then it would be easier for them to write openly and less defensively, but unfortunately if you write anything on the internet, people will call you an idiot.