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I'm seeing a few too many comments about static site generators rebuilding everything on a change. Have the tenets of Make (and the like) from over 40 years ag

• pitaj 4y ago
  For something run relatively infrequently, I can see why it wouldn't be a huge priority. On that topic, I wish there was a generic build system like SCons written in something faster. Maybe there is (does Bazel fit my bill?) and I just don't know of it yet. What I love best about SCons is that you can just write custom builders right there. No need to drop in a shell script - you have the much better Python standard library at your fingertips. This also means it's way easier to make cross-platform.
• vkou 4y ago
  Computers are fast, sites get updated infrequently, and compiling a static site is a lot less computational work than dealing with the utter *********** that is C++ templates. Unless you're 'web-scale', it's complexity that doesn't solve any particular business need.