Builds will always slow to the point of being intolerable. The eventual build time is determined by what intolerable is, which will vary by team. You see compa

Builds will always slow to the point of being intolerable. The eventual build time is determined by what intolerable is, which will vary by team. You see companies go through periodic efforts to improve their build. The time slipped past the intolerable point, they brought it back to tolerable, and the cycle repeats. The author's real issue is that their tolerance of a slow build is lower than their peers. Sort of like someone that has stricter expectations of cleanliness than their roommates.