Bitrise is the Mobile DevOps Platform for mobile teams wanting to ensure confidence, velocity, and continuous improvement across the entire cycle of app creation, delivery, and deployment with a fully managed mobile-first experience.

Bitrise

📅 **Date**: Thursday, July 24, 2025

🕓 **Time**: 4:00 PM CEST / 10:00 AM EDT

**What works for web won’t cut it for mobile CI/CD**

As DevOps continues to reshape software delivery, many teams hit a wall when trying to apply the same principles to mobile. From fragmented platforms to specialized tooling, mobile development comes with unique challenges that demand a tailored approach.

Join **Kaushal Vyas**, Senior Product Manager at Bitrise, and **Josh Walker**, Principal Software Engineer at BuzzFeed, for a hands-on look at how to bring DevOps discipline to mobile—without slowing down your team or adding unnecessary friction.

You’ll also get a behind-the-scenes view of **BuzzFeed’s Mobile DevOps transformation,** including the cultural and technical shifts that helped the team scale mobile delivery, eliminate bottlenecks, and achieve faster, more reliable releases.

**💡 What you’ll learn:**

*   **Why traditional DevOps** approaches **fall short in mobile** environments
*   Specialized **infrastructure needs** for effective mobile delivery
*   **Purpose-built automation** for testing, code signing, and tooling
*   **Reducing the risk** of a faulty mobile app release 
*   The most common **DevOps anti-patterns** seen in mobile teams
*   Strategies to boost velocity, reliability, and feedback loops
*   How to **avoid the build-vs-buy trap** with purpose-built tooling
*   How BuzzFeed migrated **over 1,000 builds/month** to a scalable CI/CD system, **reduced manual QA time by 95%,** and enabled faster iteration through smart automation without sacrificing quality.
