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Rust CI builds: 27 minutes to 3

Reduced Rust CI build time from 27 to 3 minutes using sccache, a pull-through registry proxy, and layered cache policies. Anonymised past employment.

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Engineering work undertaken in employment. Company names and identifying details are omitted.

Problem

Rust CI builds took 27 minutes. This work focused on reducing the time spent building in CI.

My contribution

I introduced sccache, a pull-through registry proxy, and layered cache policies to improve build performance.

Outcome

Rust CI build time fell from 27 to 3 minutes, an 89% reduction. This result applies to the Rust build workflow described here.

The work was completed as an employed engineer. Company names and identifying details are omitted.

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