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		pjmlp on March 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing Gnome Apps with Swift There is only one reason to use Gradle instead of Maven, being stuck on Android.

Dr4kn on March 29, 2024 [–]

Gradle has fast build times and a lot faster incremental ones.

I agree that Maven is nicer to use, but the faster compile times are worth it for me to use Gradle

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