First there was Ant. Ant was bad. Then there was Maven. Maven bad less bad. But still bad. Then there was Gradle. Gradle was even less bad. But still bad. Show me the build tool - I'll show you the bad.

My main gripe is that it changed so quickly. All my notes quickly became useless. And it was slow. Gradle daemon promised to help. And it did help. (And became even more of a resource hog) But it was still bad. Show me the build tool - I'll show you the bad.