Gradle Space Rocket Development

So you’re saying you don’t know how to build a space rocket? Perhaps nobody does! We just throw in bits of equipment until it takes off. And if it explodes thirty seconds later? We throw in different bits and try again! Gradle Build Tool* “Just chuck bits in until it works” *Not recommended for use in the manufacture of space rockets

A three-panel stick-figure comic shows two people discussing how to build a space rocket, while one casually suggests throwing in different bits of equipment until it works. The final panel parodies Gradle’s build-tool branding by presenting this chaotic trial-and-error method as a fake “Gradle Build Tool” slogan, joking about dependency management and iterative software builds. It is used as a reaction to improvised engineering, messy build systems, or solutions that work by repeated trial and error.

• @profunctor_io / 4260 2020-03-27