> for so many programmers these days a Makefile is just a container for ad hoc shell code. Not gonna lie, that's completely what it is for me. I don't work in

> for so many programmers these days a Makefile is just a container for ad hoc shell code. Not gonna lie, that's completely what it is for me. I don't work in any compiled languages, and I don't have any kind of a "build target" (unless you count a Docker image?) in my workflow. Some old timers insist that "make test" (what are you 'making'?) is more intuitive than "run_tests.sh" so I indulge them. But it's just a list of 'phony' and some weirdly-formatted bash with tabs.