Not sure exactly, since I haven't used any of the dozens of similar efforts. It sounds like you're a lot more familiar with the area, so here's some resources:

Not sure exactly, since I haven't used any of the dozens of similar efforts. It sounds like you're a lot more familiar with the area, so here's some resources: * Bazel's FAQ: https://bazel.build/faq.html https://bazel.build/faq.html * A description on how Blaze works: https://google-engtools.blogspot.com/2011/08/build-in-cloud-how-build-system-works.html https://google-engtools.blogspot.com/2011/08/build-in-cloud-... Unfortunately the design doc for Blaze is internal and AFAIK not available publicly. I imagine they took a look at a number of the similar efforts and made decisions based on what those approaches did wrong.