Competencies: DevOps > Build Automation

Make

GNU Make, Makefiles, targets, prerequisites, recipes, phony targets, automatic variables, pattern rules.

High

DevOps, Developer, SRE

Task Runners (Just/Task)

Modern Make alternatives, Just, Task (taskfile.dev), simpler syntax, cross-platform, shell flexibility.

Medium

DevOps, Developer

Build Systems (Bazel)

Hermetic builds, caching, remote execution, BUILD files, rules, dependency management.

Medium

Platform Engineer (large codebases)

Monorepo Tools

Nx, Turborepo, Lerna, monorepo management, task orchestration, affected commands.

Medium

Platform Engineer, Developer

Pre-commit Hooks

pre-commit framework, hooks for linting, formatting, secrets detection, commit validation.

High

DevOps, Developer

Dependency Management

Lock files, reproducible builds, version pinning, dependency updates (Dependabot, Renovate).

High

DevOps, Developer

Build Caching

Local caching, remote caching, cache invalidation, incremental builds, cache sharing in CI.

High

DevOps, Platform Engineer

Reproducible Builds

Deterministic outputs, Nix, hermetic builds, SBOM generation, build provenance.

Medium

DevSecOps, Platform Engineer

Documentation Builds

Antora, Sphinx, MkDocs, Hugo, docs-as-code, CI/CD for documentation.

High

Documentation Engineer, DevOps

Multi-Language Builds

Polyglot build systems, language-specific tools, unified build orchestration.

Medium

Platform Engineer, DevOps

Makefile Automation

Advanced

Makefiles for Antora builds (with Kroki), domus-api test/lint/run targets, association-engine development workflow; understand phony targets, prerequisites, variables

Hub Aggregator, domus-api

No Make for complex build systems (C/C++), no Task/Just alternatives at scale