> it's also pretty important that the build system is written in the same language as the rest of the project so that you don't add another dependency just to b

> it's also pretty important that the build system is written in the same language as the rest of the project so that you don't add another dependency just to be able to build I tend to believe this, but to me the issue with all build systems is the point where you need to build multiple languages in a single project. For this, there aren’t a lot of great options, and the ones that exist are complex. Maybe they need to be complex, but that lowers the uptake of those tools.