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We need to use Make for sensible (partial) rebuilds of static websites. I'm exploring ways to build a dependency graph out of Handlebars files. That might be enough to generate a Makefile and leave Gulp/Grunt out of the equation. Anyone doing anything similar?

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Not for static websites, but I've definitely done very similar with Knitr for repeatable analyses in R (except for autogenerating the makefile). I create R scripts, markdown templates, database extract jobs, and even take care of sending the analysis results via email. I've left the job where I was responsible for those reports, but they're still in use with a distribution list that goes up to the SVP level at Amazon, so apparently they've been pretty successful.

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