What are Scalable Build Systems?
Scalable build systems are open-source solutions popularized by Google, Meta, and Twitter: Bazel, Buck2, and Pants.
These build systems are robust and versatile, intended specifically for use by organizations that deal with large, complex, and polyglot software projects. They are alternatives to older or single-purpose build systems such as Make, CMake, Maven, or Gradle.
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Scalable build systems are designed to efficiently handle large codebases and complex build processes. They provide features such as parallel execution, caching, and incremental builds. This significantly speeds up the development process.
The overall opportunity is to dramatically
Correctness
Focused on making invalid build configurations hard to represent and easy to detect.
Scalability
Efficiently handle large codebases.
Multi-language support
Language agnostic, supporting multiple programming languages.
Incrementality
Only test and rebuild changed parts, dramatically reducing build times.
Dependency Management
Fine-grained dependency tracking for reproducible builds.
Caching & Remote Execution
Accelerate builds with caching and remote execution.
Consistency
Ensures consistent builds across different environments and platforms and reducing onboarding time.
Monorepo Support
Well suited for projects organized as monorepositories.
Community & Industry Support
Active community with industry adoption.
Our Scalable Build Group has been contributing to open-source build technology since 2017. We're driving adoption worldwide, contribute upstream and help enable teams at any point on their journey—from assessment to implementation and fine-tuning existing setups.
Our offerings
You are considering adopting a scalable build system, but you are not sure if it is the right fit for your organization. Or perhaps you have already started a Bazel setup but you would like to check if your on the right path.
We come in and assess what adopting a scalable build system will look like for your organization and your current setup.
Depending on the programming languages you use, your CI/CD systems, and your team dynamics; we propose a migration plan and provide a timeline with recommendations.
Typical engagement
Pre-requisites
You have completed our build system questionnaire.
A technical interview to answer any open questions from the questionnaire and to get an upfront understanding of your current situation, needs, and goals.
Engagement Models
Scalable Build Squad
We provide a dedicated team consisting of a scalable build architect and one or more scalable build senior engineers. They will work with your team to define the most pressing priorities and the best way to implement them.
After the initial discovery phase, the team will provide a roadmap and a timeline to achieve your goals.
Team Augmentation
We provide one or more scalable build engineers to work with your team. Our engineers will help you with day-to-day tasks related to your build system, your CI/CD pipelines, your development workflows, etc.
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