---
id: 2932
title: "Common Best Practices for Cutting Build Times"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/common-best-practices-cutting-build-times"
published_at: "2020-10-29T01:00:00Z"
tags: ["devops", "testing", "software-engineering", "ci", "build-times", "unit-tests"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2932"
lang: en
---

# Common Best Practices for Cutting Build Times

## Summary

Practical ways to cut build times: fail builds fast, fix flaky tests, optimize hotspots surfaced by coverage data, run only relevant tests, and prune low-value test cases.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2020-10-29T01:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/common-best-practices-cutting-build-times
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2932