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Why is my Bazel build so slow?

What's this blog post about?

Bazel is designed for fast builds, but sometimes users may experience slow build times. This article provides tips and strategies to help diagnose and fix slow Bazel builds. It covers topics such as using the right set of flags, ensuring a warm Bazel instance, providing enough memory for Bazel, checking if cached artifacts are being shared successfully, and investigating changes in project structure that could explain increasing build times. The article also highlights how BuildBuddy can assist with these tasks by offering an intuitive UI to visualize and analyze build events.

Company
BuildBuddy

Date published
April 2, 2024

Author(s)
Maggie Lou

Word count
2904

Language
English

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