Startups Blacksmith, Namespace and Depot Tackle CI Build Bottlenecks

Deedy Das lists three startups, Blacksmith, Namespace and Depot, that address slow continuous integration builds, which he says have become a bottleneck as coding costs fall. He cites a Lindy post describing stratospheric CI spend.

Deedy @deedydas ·Sep 27, 2026 ·♥ liked

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As cost of coding has plummeted, long builds (CI) has become a bottleneck for many software cos. Three of the biggest startups solving this:

1. Blacksmith (@useblacksmith)
2. Namespace (@namespacelabs)
3. Depot (@depotdev)

Flo Crivello @Altimor
CI has become the top bottleneck of every engineering team I talk to (including Lindy). Our CI spend has become stratospheric. twitter.com/DavidOndrej1/status/21040010168869…

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