Justin Kaeser: Taming the Beast - Better Bazel in IntelliJ.

Like this conference, over time Justin Kaeser has moved from Scala to Scale. Previously focusing on build tool support in the IntelliJ Scala plugin, these days he leads a team at JetBrains devoted to improving support for Bazel and large projects in IntelliJ IDEA.

Taming the Beast - Better Bazel in IntelliJ.

As codebases balloon in complexity, organizations are turning to monorepos for streamlined management, and Bazel is becoming the tool of choice. With these changes, a new challenge arises: integrating these solutions with existing IDEs. I will unpack our ongoing work to enhance IDE integration with Bazel-based projects, highlighting the challenges encountered.