To me, just is make without features I don't need. There is not a lot of benefit for me, but there is a lot of benefit for other people who need to learn the repo and have no knowledge of either make or just.
Another benefit is that justfile just cannot get too complex and tangled. Simplicity at its finest.
* All commands in one place, view them all with `just --list`
* Stupid-simple format
* Small standalone binary
* Configurable (with arguments, environment variables etc) but not _too_ configurable
When I see a git repo with a Makefile, I'm filled with dread. When I see a repo with a Justfile, I get warm fuzzies.
Some people say it just doesn't do enough to justify existing. These people are just wrong.