You can do all of this, but aside from some oddball project setups, virtually no one else in the C or C++ ecosystem does this. Everyone uses CMake (C++), or eve

You can do all of this, but aside from some oddball project setups, virtually no one else in the C or C++ ecosystem does this. Everyone uses CMake (C++), or even just Makefiles (C). You are working against yourself, because eventually you will need to learn CMake and Make when you have to interop with other projects. In day-to-day use, I find that there is very little that is actually modern about C or C++, and that's OK. Just focus on getting things done, and build up a working knowledge of all of the practical stupid things you have to do when working with C and C++ projects. Like, it's bewildering that there are no cross-platform CMake recipes for building an app. Totally wild. But everyone slogs through this stupid nonsense while other platforms hand it to you on a platter. Just deal with it. There are other hills to die on that are wildly more important. Help others that struggle with arcane CMake b.s.