CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Speed Up Builds

Learn how to optimize CI/CD pipelines to reduce build times. Caching strategies, parallel execution, and best practices for faster deployments.

Caching Strategies #

dockerfile.dockerfile

# Cache dependencies
COPY package.json .
RUN npm install

# Copy code (changes frequently)
COPY . .

yaml.yaml

- uses: actions/cache@v3
  with:
    path: node_modules
    key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}

Production Notes 1 #

For CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Speeding Up Your Builds, define pre-deploy checks, rollout gates, and rollback triggers before release. Track p95 latency, error rate, and cost per request for at least 24 hours after deployment. If the trend regresses from baseline, revert quickly and document the decision in the runbook.

Keep the operating model simple under pressure: one owner per change, one decision channel, and clear stop conditions. Review alert quality regularly to remove noise and ensure on-call engineers can distinguish urgent failures from routine variance.

Repeatability is the goal. Convert successful interventions into standard operating procedures and version them in the repository so future responders can execute the same flow without ambiguity.

Production Notes 2 #

Repeatability is the goal. Convert successful interventions into standard operating procedures and version them in the repository so future responders can execute the same flow without ambiguity.

Production Notes 3 #

Repeatability is the goal. Convert successful interventions into standard operating procedures and version them in the repository so future responders can execute the same flow without ambiguity.

Production Notes 4 #

Repeatability is the goal. Convert successful interventions into standard operating procedures and version them in the repository so future responders can execute the same flow without ambiguity.