Buck2: Our open source build system

How about doing away with the build system entirely? Build systems seem like something that shouldn't exist. When I create a new C# .NET app in Visual Studio 2019, what "build system" does it use? You might have an academic answer, but that's beside the point. It doesn't matter. It just builds. Optimizing a build system feels like a lack of vision, and getting stuck in a local maxima where you think you're being more productive, but you're not seeing the bigger picture of what could be possible.

Refining individual ecosystems to be effortless to use is one thing, and it’s a goal worth pursuing for the benefit of those who are happy in that ecosystem. For those who rely on bringing different technologies together, though, there can be a lot of complexity and nuance.

The point of these projects is to take that complexity and nuance and provide an effective “super ecosystem” to piece them together in. That’s why some of the biggest proponents of these technologies are Google and Meta - they have many interacting parts in many different languages that need to come together and work effectively.