Ask HN: Compiler speed-up or Build Caching tool. Hard to find?

Post by amelius » Sun, Jun 09, 2024, 8:32 AM UTC

hdjdjdj wrote: post #16

amelius wrote: post #7

I'm using ccache, but apparently it does not work for linking. Any drop-in replacement I could use instead?

Sccache (from Mozilla is a drop in replacement)

Post by ltbarcly3 » Sun, Jun 09, 2024, 4:41 PM UTC

tfsh wrote: post #13

ltbarcly3 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bazel isn't anything like what they are describing. Also, bazel is an incredibly miserable tool to use.

One of Bazels core principles is mass-scale distributed caching, and lots of the design decisions such as repeatability, correctness and deterministic building exist to that effect. For individuals it's a pain to setup, but it's not built for them, or startups. Instead for enterprises who can dedicate a fully manned team to its maintenance