If they're building C/C++ with it then this is a good option: https://github.com/Zomojo/Cake https://github.com/Zomojo/Cake - which is really just a front end t

If they're building C/C++ with it then this is a good option: https://github.com/Zomojo/Cake https://github.com/Zomojo/Cake - which is really just a front end to make, but produces really fast makefiles. It was initially developed to allow interactive speed iteration of compiling large C/C++ projects for data analysis. It does require that your source code comply with a few basic rules (just that c/cpp files and headers have the same name). But beyond that it runs automatically and quickly.