Buck2 overview (Mitchell & Hopman @ Meta) - Oct 2023

Neil Mitchell and Chris Hopman from Meta present an in-depth overview of Buck2, highlighting it's optimization and dependency features.
As key members of the Buck2 team, Neil and Chris share the inner workings of the build system. They focus on core Buck2 functionalities such as dynamic dependencies and outputs, anonymous targets, and support for fat platforms.
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This presentation is from the October 2023 Build Meetup in Reykjavik, Iceland. 🇮🇸
Build Meetups bring together developers who drive the evolution of build tools and the APIs that extend them, such as the RE API.
The diverse group of attendees includes users and contributors of Bazel, Goma, CMake, Buck2, Pants, Buildstream, and even home-grown build systems. Build Meetups are designed to be a diverse space that fosters collaboration and sparks innovation, ultimately improving build processes and infrastructure management.
📋 Build Meetup Committee: George Gensure (Buildfarm creator), Neil Mitchell (Buck2 co-creator), Yuriy Belenitsky (Aurora), Unnar Freyr Erlendsson (EngFlow), Helen Altshuler (EngFlow), Chris Phang (Codethink), Ed Schouten (Buildbarn creator)
📆 Learn more about Bazel events hosted by EngFlow: www.engflow.co...
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