Why CleverTap engineers switched from Bamboo to Semaphore and chose it over GitHub Actions

Most CI CD pipelines do not fail overnight. They slowly become bottlenecks as teams scale.

That is what happened at CleverTap. As their engineering team and codebase grew, builds started queuing, pipelines became harder to manage, and simple changes required coordination with infrastructure teams. What once worked became a drag on developer velocity.

In this issue, we break down how CleverTap rethought their CI CD system and cut build times by 75%. More importantly, we extract five practical lessons you can apply, covering scaling, parallelization, self service pipelines, and how to design CI CD systems that evolve with your team.

If your builds are slowing you down, this story will help you understand why and what to do about it.

👉 Discover the CI/CD lessons learnt here

The Semaphore Team
https://semaphore.io