I've started using make for production data generation (not building software) instead of pure Python. Mostly to tie together Python scripts doing the real wor

I've started using make for production data generation (not building software) instead of pure Python. Mostly to tie together Python scripts doing the real work. Pro -dependency management for free -well-known paradigm makes it easy for someone other than me to figure out where to look if something went wrong. -scripts I call out to can be focused Cons -syntax -for processes that don't generate an output (think adding data to a file in place) I wind up creating placeholder files ("file.transformA.done"). I actually want my dependency management to be terse and declarative, which is the opposite of what I'm looking for in a programming language, so it feels like a pretty natural divide.