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Accelerate Gradle testing on Bitrise: Test Distribution private beta now open

We’re excited to announce the launch of our Gradle Test Distribution private beta on Bitrise. Starting today, Bitrise users can contact us to join the program and dramatically speed up Gradle test execution through scalable, parallel test distribution. This release is a major step forward for Android teams with large test suites and growing complexity. By hosting the Bitrise Build Cache, Test Distribution workers, and CI runners within the same data center fabric, we’re able to offer.

The rise of platform engineering - Bitrise webinar

In this on-demand webinar, a panel of senior engineers from leading global companies explore where platform engineering has succeeded, where it has stumbled, and what’s next. Speakers: Adam Shott, Director of Engineering, App Platforms @ The New York Times Siddhant Soni, Staff Software Engineer @ Rippling Hosted by Stephen Ochs from Bitrise The webinar took place on June 18, 2024.

Build faster with Bazel on Bitrise: Remote Build Execution Beta now available

We're excited to announce that Remote Build Execution (RBE) for Bazel is now available in private beta on Bitrise. Starting today, select Bitrise workspaces can accelerate Bazel builds with scalable, parallelized execution on both Linux and macOS stacks. This release is a major step forward for teams using Bazel, especially those managing large, complex codebases that require speed, flexibility, and reliability.

Your guide to fine-tuning Gradle memory allocations

No one starts their work day thinking “Let’s investigate the memory allocations of my Gradle build”, but sometimes life happens (usually at the worst possible time): Every Gradle project faces memory allocation problems eventually, as the codebase grows. So, instead of blindly applying JVM flags from Stack Overflow until it’s resolved, why not take a deeper look?

Gradle "Build Finished Plugin": How to ensure compatibility with older Gradle versions

Our Advanced CI team is always trying to push what we have further, which often means we have to support APIs and code that are not yet fully stable. On the other hand, we are bound to support projects that are using deprecated code to a certain extent. This is particularly true for build systems that are rapidly changing to support the needs of application developers, such as Gradle.

Bitrise maintains SOC 2 Type II compliance with latest successful assessment

At Bitrise, we continually invest in security best practices to ensure that our customer’s data stays safe and secure. As a part of an on-going effort, we are excited to announce that we’ve successfully completed our SOC 2 report. The examination was conducted by A-LIGN, a technology-enabled security and compliance firm trusted by more than 4,000 global organizations to help mitigate cybersecurity risks.

Beyond the cloud: Inside Bitrise's data center for faster mobile CI

In this webinar, Arpad Kun, VP of Infrastructure and Engineering at Bitrise, sat down with Solutions Architect Lex Zavala to reveal how our team addressed the pain points of traditional cloud-hosted CI and how Bitrise went all-in on a hybrid model—anchored in custom-built infrastructure. The Bitrise engineering team brought software and hardware together and built a vertically integrated, hybrid macOS/Linux private cloud in strategically located data centers to solve the biggest challenges of managing mobile CI/CD at scale.

From CI pipelines to sheet-metal sorcery: Bitrise introduces "Mini Orchard"

TL;DR – No flaky builds because of “data‑center air” at Bitrise! We built our own chassis that can talk to the Bitrise scheduler, can pre‑cool itself, and squeezes 32 Mac minis into a 6 rack unit oversized pizza box—while looking downright gorgeous doing it. We call it the mini Orchard.