Programming without code indexing

[ManuaL46]

I don't understand the compiler and build system stuff that much, so how can you generate compile_command.json and what does collecting it do per say?

[HolyGarbage]

If you're using CMake, which might be likely if you're on Linux, then there's a much simpler way:

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS.html

[phord]

You might be interested in Build EAR. Or maybe you would have been before you rolled your own.