A nice article by a friend of mine on how to replace GNU Make with Invoke and Python. The nice part is that it goes beyond some simple “Hello world” examples.

I think using a tool like Invoke or Rake is beneficial. Yet, I still use GNU Make in many places mostly because it’s available almost everywhere out of the box.

As a bonus you can also check out the Task tool - yet another task automation tool written in Go. It uses YAML for configuration, therefore it’s declarative, but you know… YAML. Also, using a full fledged programming language obviously provides more features and flexibility.

#make #iac #automation