The "ten-minute build" is an idea from Extreme Programming, and you can find it in Martin Fowler's article on continuous integration[1]. (That's probably where

The "ten-minute build" is an idea from Extreme Programming, and you can find it in Martin Fowler's article on continuous integration[1]. (That's probably where OP got it from.) The reason, as explained in Fowler's article, is to provide rapid feedback. So the person who came up with it is Kent Beck. [1] https://www.martinfowler.com/articles/continuousIntegration.html https://www.martinfowler.com/articles/continuousIntegration....