Case Study: Revolut cuts Android build times by 75% with Gradle Develocity

Revolut cuts build times by 75% with Gradle

The financial services company Revolut was facing significant delays in its time-to-market as its codebase grew. The customer's Android developers were wasting too much time waiting for build and test feedback, both locally and on CI, and struggled to troubleshoot failures. This challenge was addressed by implementing Develocity, a solution from the vendor Gradle.

Gradle's solution centered on three key Develocity features: the Build Cache to reuse unchanged outputs, Build Scan for troubleshooting, and Failure Analytics for process insights. The outcome was a drastic 75% reduction in build times. This measurable impact was so significant that Revolut's investment in Develocity was fully repaid in less than three months, leading to a major improvement in developer productivity.

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