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Jenkins is free, but costs more than you think

Jenkins may be free, but managing Jenkins at scale certainly isn't. Here are four ways Jenkins may be costing you more than you realize.

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Recent articles

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Automating Jenkins with Configuration as Code (JCasC)

Simplify the setup and management of your Jenkins controllers, agents, plugins with Jenkins Configuration as Code (JCasC).

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Christian Nunciato
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8 minute read

Custom HTML build descriptions in Jenkins

How to build better Jenkins debugging experiences that cut through the noise and help you get to what matters.

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Best practices for managing Jenkins plugins

Practical strategies for keeping your Jenkins plugins under control as you scale.

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Christian Nunciato
Jenkins vs Github Actions

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GitHub Actions vs. Jenkins: Which one's right for your team?

Choosing between GitHub Actions and Jenkins? Let our practical guide help you understand the key differences between these two CI/CD tools.

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Christian Nunciato
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Building and packaging a Python library with Bazel

A step-by-step guide to building, testing, and packaging a Python library with Bazel and the rules_python core library.

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Christian Nunciato

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The sneaky costs of CI apathy—and what top teams do about it

How normalized CI dysfunction can erode your engineering culture, and a few proven approaches to reversing the spiral.

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Christian Nunciato
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Setting up a self-hosted Bazel remote cache on AWS

A guide to deploying a self-hosted Bazel remote cache on AWS, with examples in Terraform and Pulumi.

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Praneet Loke

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Fully dynamic pipelines with Bazel and Buildkite

A hands-on guide to building adaptive delivery pipelines driven by the Bazel dependency graph.

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Christian Nunciato
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A guide to Bazel query

Learn how Bazel's query tools can help you navigate complex projects, optimize builds, and make changes confidently as your codebase grows.

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Christian Nunciato
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Artifactory or Buildkite? Making the right choice for your team

A closer look at a few key differences between JFrog Artifactory and Buildkite Package Registries.

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Christian Nunciato
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Understanding the SLSA framework

Dip into the details of the SLSA framework and learn how it can protect you from security vulnerabilities and supply chain attacks.

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Christian Nunciato

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Alternatives to JFrog Artifactory

Let our guide to some of the leading alternatives to Artifactory help you choose the best package-management solution for your team.

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Christian Nunciato

Featured articles

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Managed, self-hosted, or hybrid CI/CD? Understand your options

Choosing a CI/CD tool can be daunting, but considering where you want the pipeline to run is an excellent place to start—see how the options compare.

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Michael Belton

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The power of Dynamic Pipelines

CI/CD pipelines are the superhighway for your software–sometimes you need more than a one-size-fits-all. Enter, dynamic pipelines!

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Mel Kaulfuss

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Buildkite or Jenkins: Choosing the right tool for you

A detailed comparison of Buildkite & Jenkins, understand how Buildkite improves on many of Jenkins' great features with added flexibility, & control.

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Michael Belton

Customer stories

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Scaling Faire's CI horizontally with Buildkite, Kubernetes, and multiple pipelines

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How Rippling used Spot instances to save and scale CI/CD

See how we were able to use Spot Instances to save on infrastructure costs.

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Learn how we use minitest and FactoryBot with parallel tests to get our Rails test suite to run in 1 minute on Buildkite.

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