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TeamCity x JetBrains IntelliJ, 30% faster builds at 158K per day

30% reduction in build execution time via build reuse

Overwhelmed by scale to streamlined CI/CD at 158K+ builds per day

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Why it works

The case study earns credibility by using the vendor's own internal team as the customer, which removes the usual anonymization problem and allows very specific numbers. The build reuse walkthrough with a concrete three-attempt retry example (329 builds, 10 fail, 6 more pass, 4 remain) gives readers an actionable mental model rather than vague claims. The inclusion of a candid limitations section on mute management and team-specific dashboards adds honesty that most vendor case studies strip out.

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The step-by-step retry scenario (first attempt: 329 builds run, 10 fail; second: 10 re-run, 325 reused; third: 4 re-run, 325 reused) makes an abstract efficiency claim concrete and verifiable. Use a worked numerical example to show mechanism, not just outcome.

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  • Vendor JetBrains TeamCity
  • Customer JetBrains IntelliJ Infrastructure Team
  • Industry Enterprise Software
  • Trigger Scaling CI/CD pipelines for 700-800 developers running thousands of daily builds
  • Format Written narrative
  • Structure Challenge-Solution-Results
  • Medium Web page