Although not obvious from the context, the writer of the article is the author of a build system (https://mesonbuild.com/ https://mesonbuild.com/) used in a bun

Although not obvious from the context, the writer of the article is the author of a build system (https://mesonbuild.com/ https://mesonbuild.com/) used in a bunch of large non-trivial high profile projects (https://mesonbuild.com/Users.html https://mesonbuild.com/Users.html) including systemd, Nautilus and so on. While I dislike proof-by-eminence the author has history as an original, recognized contributor in this space.