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Geoff Hackett: Our Buildkite Brings All the Devs to the Yard: (Re)Building Reddit Mobile CI in 2025

Original post Our Buildkite Brings All the Devs to the Yard: (Re)Building Reddit Mobile CI in 2025

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Reddit's mobile team had zero professional CI experience. Then they cut build times in half and transformed developer happiness.

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More on CI/CD Improving the CI/CD pipeline for mobile app development Coupang Jul 14, 2022 More from Geoff Hackett I achieved 0% ANR in my Android app. Spilling beans on how I did it - part 1. Posts on Reddit Nov 9, 2025 Also on Android Amper Is Now the Kotlin Toolchain: Moving to the Kotlin Blog JetBrains Oct 1, 2026

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