Outside of simple C projects, a Makefile should be just a “here’s how to hold it” reference for the rest of your build system. Shoehorning in all of the build

Outside of simple C projects, a Makefile should be just a “here’s how to hold it” reference for the rest of your build system. Shoehorning in all of the build complexity is going to be overwrought, but a good “make dev; make clean; make build; make release” is a very welcome entry point for new or infrequent contributors