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Keep up with the latest developments in monorepo developer tooling based on the Bazel build tool. Hosted by Aspect Build co-founder Alex Eagle.

  1. JAN 8

    Bazel 2026 Preview with Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Google Engineering Director and Core Developer

    Recorded at BazelCon 2025 in Atlanta, Google Engineering Director and Core Developer Mícheál Ó Foghlú discusses the latest advances with Bazel.

    26 min

  2. 12/19/2025

    Learn about Bazel ctx.actions.map_directory and Dynamic Actions with Dev Tools Engineer Rahul Butani

    Join Dev Tools Engineer Rahul Butani and podcast host Alex Eagle as they discuss Bazel ctx.actions.map_directory and Dynamic Actions.   The following are the links mentioned in the podcast.  Commit with the initial  implementation:  https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/commit/c31416ad9b9706f99f98000605930b459f06854c Changeset on Bazel for ExpandedDirectory.children[*].read():  https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/compare/master...rrbutani:bazel:poc/dyn-deps

    29 min

  3. 12/07/2025

    Live from BazelCon 2025: Google leads for Bazel open source Yun Peng and Xudong Yang

    In this episode, we talk live at BazelCon 2025 in Atlanta with the Google leads for Bazel open source, Google Staff Software Engineer Yun Peng and Software Engineer Xudong Yang. Among the topics are Bzlmod, repo contents cache, and running Bazel on ephemeral short-lived computing instances.

    34 min

  4. 10/03/2025

    How Snowflake Transformed its C++ and Java Build Systems

    In this episode, we explore how Snowflake transformed its C++ and Java build systems using Bazel to achieve faster, more reliable builds. Julio shares insights into the technical challenges, automation strategies, and remote execution infrastructure behind the migration. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how large engineering teams streamline complex builds while maintaining productivity and reliability.

    40 min

  5. 09/10/2025

    State of Swift and iOS in Bazel

    iOS development has always been easy with Apple's tools like Xcode - at a certain scale. Then it breaks down. Bazel has been a very popular alternative for working with Objective-C and Swift code, building and bundling applications for Apple's platforms. Come hear from the core maintainers about the current State of the Build and what's coming up. Aspect Build co-founder Alex Eagle interviews Brentley Jones and Luis Padron, Bazel maintainers of the Swift and Apple rulesets.

    51 min

  6. 07/28/2025

    Inside JetBrains' New Bazel Plugin with Justin Kaeser

    Inside JetBrains' New Bazel Plugin with Justin Kaeser In this episode, Alex Eagle, co-founder and CEO of Aspect Build, talks with Justin Kaeser, team lead at JetBrains, about the upcoming general availability of their new Bazel plugin for IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and GoLand. They unpack what's new, what remains the same, and why JetBrains decided to create a new plugin in the first place. The conversation also covers the future of the old plugin, current Bazel support in CLion and Android Studio, and what actually happened to BSP. If you use Bazel with JetBrains IDEs or you're curious about the direction of Bazel tooling, this episode is worth a listen.

    35 min

  7. 07/12/2025

    Better Bazel Flag Defaults - Feat: Markus Hofbauer from Zipline

    Bazel now has 776 command-line flags. Most users know maybe 5. In this episode, Markus Hofbauer from Zipline joins Alex to unpack the chaos of Bazel flags: why analysis cache discards still bite, how --noallow_analysis_cache_discard can save you time, and what the new bazelrc-preset.bzl project does to bring order to BazelRC files. From flag flipping at Google scale to community-driven bug bounties, they cover real-world strategies for better defaults and explain why it's finally time to use common everywhere. If you're still hand-tuning Bazel flags in the dark, this is your flashlight. Want more? Check out: bazelrc-preset.bzl

    41 min

  8. 07/09/2025

    Bazel for Everyone? Hard Questions with Confluent Engineers

    Is Bazel a tool for the masses or a purpose-built solution best kept in the hands of power users? Farid Zakaria and Vince Rose, two Bazel-savvy engineers from Confluent, join Alex Eagle to discuss what Bazel gets right, where it draws hard lines, and why adoption isn't always straightforward. From strict expectations to the rise of prebuilt binaries, we unpack how Bazel's opinions shape real-world engineering tradeoffs.

    1h 3m
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Keep up with the latest developments in monorepo developer tooling based on the Bazel build tool. Hosted by Aspect Build co-founder Alex Eagle.

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    Aspect Build
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
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