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Why Is Python So Popular in 2025? (blog.jetbrains.com)
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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

If compilation takes more than a few single-digit seconds, IME, it breaks the development flow when you're working on small fixes.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Having worked on large C++ projects, the solution to this issue is using a good IDE with an LSP. But it is quite a regrettable situation because setting up an LSP can be a difficult, and they also tend to break quite easily. Understanding how to make an LSP work is an important productivity skill in those kinds of positions.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    And ccache or ninja. Something that reduces the amount of stuff that has be rebuilt.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 11 months ago

    Interesting, I had never heard of ccache before, though yes, all good build systems (CMake, Ninja, etc.) should cache intermediate object files.

    But the projects I was working on were so large that even binary and unit test executables were so large that even they would take ~20 seconds to link. You can't use caching to alleviate that buildtime cost unfortunately.

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