Linux From Scratch or Slackware too.

Cmake tends to be the upgrade path for sure, gradle is… hideous, i have having to use it for android.

The Code is my Bible.

Things I encounter include incomplete documentation, outdated documentation and written process details that have assumed knowledge which makes it difficult for junior Devs to pick up.

Yeah seems about right… off the top of my head:

• self-host a wiki, use it to document stuff
• write clean code that your future self will have an easy time reading
• avoid automated documenting tools

Sadly they’ve been dropping archs throughout the years, meaning they’re no longer the distro you can use to run on “anything” from a pi to a mainframe…

Debian already uses systemd.

Since OP couldn’t be arsed, this is a fork of nginx.