The 13 Things That Make a Good Build System - SignalFx
signalfx.com/the-13-things-that-make-a-good-build-system
From the page
Saved with the link. Notes from 2007 to 2016 are mostly the page's own words, so this is probably an excerpt.
When recently looking for a replacement for our internal build system, I wrote out a wish list of what I wanted in a build system. This post will describe the thought process around that wish list and why eventually we decided CircleCi was the best solution that fit all these points.