TAKES
How long should CI take?
Everyone wants CI faster. Nobody wants to delete their test.
EVERYONE'S RIGHT
Every answer
AlexThe Architect“Ten minutes. After we build the remote cache platform.”
JoThe Cowboy“Less than it takes me to deploy without it.”
RileyThe Minimalist“One command, ninety seconds, runs on my laptop too.”
TaylorThe AI Native“No idea. My agents wait for it, not me.”
MorganThe Threat Modeler“Long enough to scan the dependency you added this morning.”
ChrisThe Sovereign“Forty minutes on my own runners. Zero minutes on an invoice.”
PatThe Enterprise Adult“Whatever the auditor signed off last year. Don't touch it.”
MayaThe Visionary“Why isn't it instant? Other companies are instant. Make it 10x.”
NoraThe User Advocate“Shorter than the customer's wait for the fix it's blocking.”
HugoThe Perfectionist“As long as it takes. All 14,000 tests. Required.”
RuthThe Maintainer“In 2009 it was a nightly build. We survived.”
GregThe Hedger“Make the slow suite optional. We can always make it required.”
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