I poked bytes into memory too (directly typing numbers from console or using BASIC), but I use everything my team wants to use (make, build scripts, docker, vagrant, grunt, gulp, cmake, autotools, rake, ant, maven, npm, bower, etc.) because it is easier to learn new stuff for me than to couch each member. Moreover, it makes my brain better. If you know your stuff deeply, then you will be able to achieve your goal with any of these tools.