New comment by jcgruenhage on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/40331#issuecomment-1304500506 Comment: I think `nproc` would be a good default. I usually run with `-j 16` on my laptop, and it's rarely a problem. The only times when I run into trouble is not due to CPU load either, but because I'm exhausting memory (which has been solved by going 16->64gig) or exhausting disk space.