FullFabric engineers cut build time by 30% with Semaphore

Joel Carvalho, Engineering Manager at FullFabric, shares how his team achieved faster builds, smoother pipelines, and more efficient development workflows.

In this video you’ll find the answers to these questions:

Why did you choose Semaphore?

We chose Semaphore because we think it’s a really fast, flexible, and developer-friendly solution. It was quick for us to set up, and since then our build times have dropped dramatically. Developers get feedback quickly, which helps the whole team move faster.

What results did Semaphore help you achieve?

A lot of our tests used to take a long time, but performance has improved significantly—at least 20–30% compared to before. The onboarding experience was great. We always felt supported whenever we had questions. The support team has been fantastic and quick to help.

Which Semaphore features do you find the most useful?

Overall, it’s been very easy to set up and use. One of the big advantages of Semaphore CI is being able to get started quickly without investing a lot of time—and it just works.

We find it particularly helpful that we can parallelize test executions, detect flaky tests to pinpoint disruptions, and quickly customize pipelines. This has saved us a ton of time and made our workflows much smoother. It’s been fantastic.

How do you find Semaphore’s customer support?

What can I say? Support is always quick to answer, very helpful, and no problem is left unresolved—they always give us clear direction on how to fix issues.

Why would you recommend Semaphore to others?

If you’re looking for a solution that’s easy to set up and doesn’t require fiddling, and that’s reliable, it’s a no-brainer. Just go for it. It’s built with developers in mind, and it really helps your company ship better software, faster.

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