Supercharge Your Automation Workflows with Taskfile: Say Goodbye to Makefile

Episode #20: Why is Taskfile an attractive alternative to Makefile for beginners and more advanced users alike?

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This article is my second piece on Taskfile.

My first article Taskfile: a modern alternative to Makefile went viral (at least for my standards).

Here you have some stats:

• 95 points and 212 comments on HackerNews

• 10k views and 31 new subscribers on Substack (this newsletter).

• 3.6k views and 2k reads on Medium where I cross-posted the article.

Makefile is a fascinating and controversial topic that sparks passionate debates.

Individuals have diverse and firm opinions on the matter.

The debate on HackerNews became quite intense very quickly. Both sides presented their hot takes—the supporters of Makefile and those who dislike it but have yet to discover a better alternative.

This article is directed towards the latter group.

If you strongly favour Makefile and are unwilling to consider counterarguments, please refrain from reading further.

However, this article may interest you if you dislike Makefile and have been searching for a suitable alternative for years.

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What is Taskfile?

Task (the name says already) is a task runner written in Golang that adopts a YAML-like syntax called Taskfile for writing tasks and their dependencies.