[HN Gopher] How to make Firefox builds 17% faster
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       How to make Firefox builds 17% faster
        
       Author : mbitsnbites
       Score  : 104 points
       Date   : 2026-04-13 18:50 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | Devorlon wrote:
       | Why compile code when ccache faster
        
         | amelius wrote:
         | Does ccache fetch compiled code from a central server using
         | checksums?
        
           | 01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote:
           | sccache can, but most of us don't have access to an sccache
           | instance: https://github.com/mozilla/sccache
        
       | K0IN wrote:
       | wow, 17% is impressive with such an easy fix. i wonder if we
       | could just build this as a separate project and pull the webidl
       | files as a dependency.
        
       | shevy-java wrote:
       | So ... perhaps Mozilla should focus on user share dropping.
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       | I understand that speed is relevant, but focusing on that
       | strategy does not really work when dinosaur-like extinction is
       | around the corner.
        
         | tadfisher wrote:
         | I will just say this: it is unfortunate that you have chosen
         | not to engage with the content of the article.
        
         | jeffbee wrote:
         | Considering that Firefox mainly appeals to its own
         | contributors, making the developer experience better would be
         | important.
        
       | mmastrac wrote:
       | Can you (err... buildcache) cache Rust proc-macros? I've been
       | battling this with sccache and I'm now maintaining a 10-patch
       | deep stack for the next.js build CI.
       | 
       | Windows builds were ridiculously poor on cache hits rates too
       | because of non-determinism that was not able to figure out.
       | 
       | I'd be happy to test it out.
        
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