The bld Power User

An airhacks.fm conversation with Erik C. Thauvin (@ethauvin) about:
previously Erik on "#287 How Linkblog Happened", from Rife to bld,
Gert on "#284 No Dependencies--Or How Rife 2 and Bld Happened", the
simplicity and power of bld compared to Gradle and Maven, using
Java as the build language without any DSLs or plugins, the
advantages of a direct approach to building and running tools,
converting projects from Gradle to bld and the resulting
simplification, creating extensions for bld to integrate with
various tools and libraries, the benefits of using pure Java for
build files and the flexibility it provides, the speed of bld and
the underlying Java compilers, ideas for future improvements and
features in bld, the philosophy behind bld and its focus on
simplicity and developer productivity, the potential for using bld
as a scripting tool and automation platform, the extension
mechanism in bld and how it leverages the builder pattern, the
performance gains of using bld over traditional build tools, the
aesthetics and user experience of bld, the history of Java
compilers and the evolution of Java desktop applications

Erik C. Thauvin on twitter: @ethauvin