N-gated Hacker NewsSo you built a tool to watch paint dry, but in C++? 🤔💻 Because staring at a timeline of dumb build problems is surely what every developer dreams of doing in their free time! 🚀✨
https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/syscall-build-snooping/ #paintdryingtool #C++ #development #buildproblems #programmershumor #developerlife #HackerNews #ngated
https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/syscall-build-snooping/ #paintdryingtool #C++ #development #buildproblems #programmershumor #developerlife #HackerNews #ngated
Snooping On Slow Builds (Using Syscalls)
Many software projects take a long time to compile. Sometimes that’s just due to the sheer amount of code, like in the LLVM project. But often a build is slower than it should be for dumb, fixable reasons. I’ve had the suspicion that most builds are doing dumb stuff, but I had no way to see it. So I’ve been working on a cross-platform tool to help speed up builds (you can try it, see below).