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Mill as a direct style build tool

• fithisux 1y ago
  It is a build engineering tool. Build engineering is either hidden behind corporate doors or underrated.
• evacchi 1y ago
  OT: I really like Li Haoyi's work in the Scala community, trying to bring Python's straightforward programming model to Scala. I've been wondering if there is an equivalent in the Rust ecosystem. I think https://github.com/facet-rs/facet https://github.com/facet-rs/facet is going in the right direction
• vamega 1y ago
  Does Mill plan to have something like Bazel’s Remote Execution?
  • sea-gold 1y ago
    Not yet. https://mill-build.org/blog/2-monorepo-build-tool.html#_seamless_remote_caching https://mill-build.org/blog/2-monorepo-build-tool.html#_seam...
• openplatypus 1y ago
  In Li Haoyi's recent talk he shows how incredibly fast Java compiler is. Also demonstrates how much overhead comes from Maven and Gradle. If Java build feels sluggish, know that first 50s is lost due to maven. Mill still has rough edges. The project is evolving fast and things change, but it is a great tool. The BSP support in IDEs is IMO still work in progress (not related to Mill itself) so for JVM languages, Maven and Gradle still have a leg up.
  • vips7L 1y ago
    I'd rather deal with 50s of lost time due to Maven than hours of lost time dealing with Scala.
    • cdmckay 1y ago
      Can you explain what you mean?
      • vips7L 1y ago
        You need to be able to write Scala to use mill. It’s a non-starter for every single Java developer.
• mark38848 1y ago
  Does it support source dependencies over stupid jar files?