This is definitely relatable. I've lost interest in many projects after wasting hours trying to get things to compile. The worst offender I've encountered has

This is definitely relatable. I've lost interest in many projects after wasting hours trying to get things to compile. The worst offender I've encountered has been android. The initial checkout is like +100GB, and it has incredibly poor fault tolerance. Based on my experience, it fails regularly at random points, requiring you to re-fetch everything. Despite multi-day efforts, I've never managed to build a ROM for my Nexus 5X or Pixel.