Vx build tool avoids daemon architecture, citing performance and simplicity

Build tools Nx and Turborepo use a daemon process to speed up tasks, but the newer tool vx deliberately does not. The vx developers argue a daemon creates a secondary source of truth and adds overhead for startup and maintenance. Instead, vx relies directly on Git's index to manage file hashes and uses efficient algorithms for task scheduling. The team claims this design allows a fully cached run of thousands of tasks in under 400 milliseconds without a background process. Vx is an open-source task runner and build cache designed for JavaScript monorepos.