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How Uber halved monorepo build times with Buildkite

Discover how Uber uses dynamic CI pipelines, containerization, and queuing to improve developer productivity and code quality at scale with Buildkite.

Michael Belton

Michael Belton

Jenkins logo in a bunch of puzzle pieces

Can Jenkins scale in the era of AI-assisted development?

Struggling to scale Jenkins as more code gets created with AI/ML tools? Learn how teams ship high volumes of code quickly with Buildkite.

Daniel OakleyMichael Belton

Daniel Oakley and Michael Belton


Accelerate secure software delivery with Lacework and Buildkite

Protect your software supply chain by integrating Lacework's security scanning into your Buildkite CI/CD pipelines. Try the new plugin today.

Michael Belton

Michael Belton


Alternatives to Jenkins

Compare Jenkins to other CI/CD tools to find the best option for you—including CircleCI, GitHub Actions, GitLab, TeamCity, Bamboo, and Buildkite.

Michael Belton

Michael Belton

Three icons, connected to each other. Fastlane on the left, Buildkite in the center, and a mobile device on the right

Getting started with iOS CI and fastlane

Speed up your iOS development cycle with CI. fastlane pipelines can test and lint your app automatically, on every commit.

Daniel Oakley

Daniel Oakley


How to lower costs while scaling your CI/CD: Use Spot Instances

Costs increasing? Running more CI/CD pipelines every week? Read on to learn how to reduce costs while keeping the same power.

Daniel Oakley

Daniel Oakley

Set of elements including people, handshake, checklists, and code, all leading into an element with a rocket ship and a 'success' check mark.

Keeping the agile in ‘agile engineering’

Being agile means flexibility. Let’s discuss engineering techniques for your team, using the Agile Manifesto as a guide.

Daniel Oakley

Daniel Oakley


Optimize your CI/CD by moving to Kubernetes

Can Kubernetes hypercharge your CI/CD pipeline? Here are some ways to leverage Kubernetes to bring greater reliability and scalability to your deployments.

Mel Kaulfuss

Mel Kaulfuss

Terminated AWS Spot Instance passing a file to a new running Spot Instance

Retrying CI/CD steps when Spot Instances terminate

AWS Spot Instances lower cloud costs, but also stop at any time. Bring them into your CI infrastructure without sacrificing pipeline efficiency.

Daniel Oakley

Daniel Oakley


How Rippling reduced CI/CD costs by 50% with AWS Spot Instances

Spot Instances can help you reduce costs, but require careful management. Discover the challenges and solutions Rippling found when migrating.

Michael Belton

Michael Belton


Monorepo vs. polyrepo: How to choose

Which build pattern will work best for you? A breakdown of how to make the choice between monorepo vs. polyrepo approaches to CI.

Mel Kaulfuss

Mel Kaulfuss


Secure your CI/CD pipelines with clear boundaries

Learn how to protect your pipelines and infrastructure. Create and enforce security boundaries to prevent unsafe actions by your pipelines and agents.

Daniel Oakley

Daniel Oakley