I completely agree that the most difficult part of using V8 is the build process. In node we have three layers (!!!) of build tooling stacked together to insula

I completely agree that the most difficult part of using V8 is the build process. In node we have three layers (!!!) of build tooling stacked together to insulate ourselves from it (gyp, ninja, and some extra python scripts), and it still requires constant effort to keep working. Deno just gave up and uses GN, but that requires some stupidly complex source layouts and yet more python scripts. Unfortunately, Google just doesn't care about making V8 work with external tooling, it's all about their chromium build process. And this is a real shame, because V8 has the best embedding API of any js engine I know of, it really is a joy to use.