GoKawiilEssay argues OS build tools should share dependency data across compilers and package managers
A technical essay contends that modern operating systems, particularly POSIX-based free and open-source ones, miss optimization opportunities because compilers, build systems and package managers don't share dependency and resource information with each other or the wider system. The author compares older C build tooling, where compiler and build system are separate, with modern languages like Rust, Go and Zig, where tight integration already yields benefits. They use a hypothetical tightly-integrated C build system to illustrate what additional advantages could be unlocked.