[Semi-OT] On the topic of build tools

[SealabJaster]

Several people wrote:
> ...

Thank you all for your suggestions, XMake especially seems quite 
interesting to try out.

> A lot of D-related bugs

_oh yes there are_, regardless though, I think Meson is currently 
my personal favourite.

For the last few days I've been toying with the idea of "what 
would my own build tool look like?" and even hacked together 
something.

But what I'm finding is: it's quite difficult to design something 
cohesive; simple by default yet powerful when opted-in, and just 
in general is useful enough to be worth using instead of already 
existing tools (who would've thought). My lack of experience 
certainly doesn't help either >x)

Maybe there's a valid reason 200 different tools exist...