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From scripts to software: Scaling beyond Jenkins with large monorepos

How high-velocity teams overcome the limits of Jenkins to scale their large monorepos by treating pipelines as software.

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Chris Nunciato

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Beyond basic test splitting: Buildkite’s approach to test suite parallelization

Learn how intelligent work distribution, historical timing data, and flaky test handling can optimize your test suite performance.

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Steve Bell

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Buildkite maintains SOC 2 Type 2 compliance

Learn about Buildkite's renewed SOC 2 Type 2 certification for 2024, including expanded coverage for Buildkite Package Registries and Test Engine.

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Jack Le
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How the world’s leading software companies reduce build times through efficient testing

Struggling to deliver software as quickly as you can write it? Learn how to optimize testing and accelerate innovation.

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James Hill

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Introducing the Scale-Out Delivery Platform: Software Delivery for the AI era

Move beyond traditional CI/CD. Learn how the world's leading software companies address the complex challenges of modern software delivery at AI scale.

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Keith Pitt

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The Delivery First Mindset

"If you think about delivery as part of the product you're building, and you have the right platform, you will win," says Buildkite CEO Keith Pitt.

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Keith Pitt

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Build systems in the age of AI-assisted coding

AI-assisted coding tools have upended how software developers work. Learn how build systems are impacted, and what you can do to adapt to AI scale.

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Mike Morgan

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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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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

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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

Customer stories

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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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Better Android Testing at Airbnb—Part 7: Test Generation and CI

In the final installment of our series on Android Testing at Airbnb we dive into our CI setup and share thoughts on where we are going next.

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How our Rails test suite runs in 1 minute on Buildkite

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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