I love new technology, but when it comes to build systems I am a stone cold conservative. Maybe it's just me, but I prefer even the ugliest make files to scons

I love new technology, but when it comes to build systems I am a stone cold conservative. Maybe it's just me, but I prefer even the ugliest make files to scons and Gradle and what not. Because I have been burned too many times by "improvements" in the build system making my code so compiling. Am I the only one?