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I would have used Bazel (or Buck) at Addepar instead of Gradle had either been released (I really loved Blaze). The transition from IDE-only to a standard proce

by NovaX 9y ago

I would have used Bazel (or Buck) at Addepar instead of Gradle had either been released (I really loved Blaze). The transition from IDE-only to a standard process was painful, as you remember. I'd like to use Bazel (or even Buck) these days, but no bandwidth given other projects. I always felt modules were a mistake compared to a single large tree, which Bazel does elegantly. Sadly my familiarity with Gradle is much more than Blaze these days, and I'm too exhausted to do it just for fun. I think there is also a bit of Stockholm syndrome at play, since I convinced myself it was not too bad back at Addepar.

dcposch 9y ago
Oh hi! Hope things are well! Not hating on the Gradle setup at all — it made sense at the time. I also like the tree approach, it feels clean. Plus the hash cache to avoid rebuilding things when nothing’s changed—faster and more robust than tools that use mod time. I’m going to try Bazel soon at Dynasty. (We’re on ant now lol... but with very simple build, so it isn’t too bad.) I’ll let you know how it goes. LMK if you’re ever in socal!