CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: From 20-Minute to 3-Minute Builds

Originally published on TechSaaS Cloud Originally published on TechSaaS Cloud CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: From 20-Minute to 3-Minute Builds Real numbers from a startup that cut build times by 85% — every step with code. The Problem: 20 Minutes of Watching Spinners Our CI pipeline was 20 minutes. On a busy day with 30+ PRs, that meant 10 hours of cumulative CI time. Developers context-switched while waiting. Reviews stalled. Deployments backed up. We're a 12-person team running 84 Docker contain