> I've done the whole custom makefiles as well, but by the time you have tests, installation, etc it just becomes a burden to maintain them. It is generated fr

> I've done the whole custom makefiles as well, but by the time you have tests, installation, etc it just becomes a burden to maintain them. It is generated from the same `Makefile.am`, so no extra burden to maintain. It is just a simplified version of the Makefile. With my project, it is ~1000 lines vs ~44000 lines, so it does make a huge difference in its latency.