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> It’s extremely rare that everything fits nicely into “cargo build” 161538 crates do not agree with you ;)

• kaba0 2y ago
  Which are mostly small, isolated library code, whose purpose is to be easily incorporated into larger programs. That’s the 90% easy path of build tools. What about a large project built over 6 years by 50 people, and that has to use some obscure technology to communicate with company A, and another one that has an idiotic build step?
  • pkolaczk 2y ago
    > Which are mostly small, isolated library code, whose purpose is to be easily incorporated into larger programs. Which is how software should be generally made - from small and simple things, not from huge behemoths that contain the kitchen sink and brew coffee.
  • jfyasdfuwas 2y ago
    The apps are also built using cargo build. For your outlandish use cases you can use Bazel.