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> And I had to deal with Scala's SBT ("Simple Build Tool") in another life.

I feel you.

For someone who was just about to give Scala a try, what's wrong with it and are there alternative build tools?

It defines a DSL for your build that looks roughly like Scala code. But… it’s not! And there is a confusing “resolution” system for build tasks/settings. It’s also slow as shit. See https://www.lihaoyi.com/post/SowhatswrongwithSBT.html for a comprehensive takedown. If you’re interested in just playing around with scala I would use

https://scala-cli.virtuslab.org

Or for larger projects, the thing the author of the linked article is plugging (mill).

I've use sbt and don't have a problem.

But Mill is very good. [1]

[1] https://mill-build.org/mill/index.html

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