Case Study: Hinge reduces build times by 50% with Gradle Develocity

Develocity helps Hinge reduce build time by 50% and accelerate productivity initiatives

Hinge, a popular social media and mobile application with over 20 million users, faced significant development challenges due to slow build and test cycles that hampered team productivity. A lack of visibility into performance regressions and failure trends made troubleshooting difficult, and these issues prevented the success of their DevOps initiatives. To address this, they turned to Gradle and implemented their Develocity platform.

By utilizing Gradle's Develocity, Hinge achieved a 50% reduction in build times through features like the Build Cache. The Build Scan functionality provided crucial observability for rapid failure resolution, while Failure Analytics helped prioritize issues. The solution delivered an immediate return on investment, accelerating Hinge's developer productivity and becoming a mission-critical component of their strategy.

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