[evancordell]

> Couldn't you have achieved this even more simply by using make with a go shell?

Make is still really about file to file transformations, and `go` already wraps up all of the behavior one would normally use make for. Plus you need make + a shell + go, vs. mage where all that's needed is go.

I can't speak for the author, but I assume they're reacting to how Makefiles tend to be used in go projects and not how make works generally.