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 # on build systems
-Recently I have been thinking about what makes for good build system. I 
+Recently I have been thinking about what makes for a good build system. I 
 want to analyze the major pain points I have encountered building software,
 and identify where these systems go wrong. Seeing as C is one of the most
 frustrating languages to build for in my experience, I will use the language