Hacker News with Generative AI: Build Tools

Why does Mill use Scala? (mill-build.org)
One question that comes up a lot among Mill users is why use Scala as the language to configure your build? Why not YAML, XML, TOML, Bash, Groovy, Python, Java, or any of the other hundred programming and configuration languages in widespread use today? Scala is definitely a niche language, but it also has some unique properties that make it especially suitable to be used for configuring the build system of a small or large project.

Scala, Build Tools, Programming Languages, Configuration Languages

73 points by lihaoyi 11 days ago | 74 comments

Compiling Java into native binaries with Graal and Mill (mill-build.org)
One recent development is the ability to compile Java programs into self-contained native binaries. This provides more convenient single-file distributions, faster startup time, and lower memory footprint, at a cost of slower creation time and limitations around reflection and dynamic classloading. This article explores how you can get started building your Java program into a native binary, using the Mill build tool and the Graal native-image compiler, and how to think about the benefits and challenges of doing so.

Java, Compilation, Native Binaries, Build Tools, Performance

154 points by lihaoyi 19 days ago | 99 comments

How Java's Executable Assembly Jars Work (mill-build.org)
One feature of the Mill JVM build tool is that the assembly jars it creates are directly executable:

Java, JVM, Build Tools, Software

18 points by lihaoyi 49 days ago | 1 comments

Why use a monorepo build tool? (mill-build.org)

Software Development, Build Tools, Monorepo

9 points by lihaoyi 65 days ago | 1 comments

New make --shuffle mode (2022) (trofi.github.io)
I implemented new --shuffle option for GNU make to simulate non-deterministic build order in parallel makefiles.

Software, Build Tools, GNU Make

30 points by pabs3 67 days ago | 1 comments

Mill: A fast JVM build tool for Java and Scala (mill-build.org)
The page you requested has been relocated to https://mill-build.org/mill/0.12.1/index.html.

Java, Scala, Build Tools, Programming Languages

185 points by 0x54MUR41 116 days ago | 162 comments

Rsbuild – A Better Vite? (rsbuild.dev)

Web Development, JavaScript, Build Tools, Performance

72 points by synergy20 119 days ago | 60 comments

Daniel Lemire on the complexity of Java build tools (twitter.com)

Java, Build Tools, Complexity

7 points by cempaka 128 days ago | 2 comments

Earthly: Like Docker for Builds (github.com/earthly)
Earthly is a versatile, approachable CI/CD framework that runs every pipeline inside containers, giving you repeatable builds that you write once and run anywhere.

CI/CD, DevOps, Software, Containerization, Build Tools

21 points by gzel 165 days ago | 1 comments

Faster Docker builds using a remote BuildKit instance (blacksmith.sh)

Docker, Performance, Build Tools

75 points by adityamaru 192 days ago | 47 comments

Build Tools for Go (inkmi.com)

Go, Programming Languages, Build Tools

4 points by KingOfCoders 221 days ago | 0 comments

1JPM: A Maven/Gradle alternative in a single Java file (github.com/Osiris-Team)

Java, Build Tools, Software Development, Open Source

123 points by thunderbong 227 days ago | 130 comments

Show HN: Sandcastle – a minimal, lightweight build tool and shell automator (github.com/sam-the-programmer)