# How RisingWave uses Harness

**50%**: “Build Time Acceleration by 50%”

As published on [harness.io](https://www.harness.io/case-studies/risingwave-slashes-build-times-by-50-switching-from-github-actions-to-harness-ci), August 2026. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-07.

- Company: [RisingWave](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/risingwave.md)
- Tool: [Harness](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/harness.md)
- Teams: RisingWave Cloud, RisingWave QA team

## What the story says

RisingWave's Cloud team moved its continuous integration from GitHub Actions to Harness CI Cloud to build its applications. They used the migration assistant to convert pipelines and templates to onboard new projects, and built more advanced CI/CD pipelines.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Harness and RisingWave, not ours.

> Build Time Acceleration by 50%: A significant speed-up in the build process, courtesy of Harness CI's optimized cloud infrastructure.

- **50%**: “Developer productivity increased by 50%: pipeline maintenance and speed, less context switch, and less PR merge time.”

> By accelerating our build processes by 50%, Harness CI has not only enhanced our development speed but also led to substantial savings in build minutes.
>
> Junfeng Wu, Software Engineer Manager, RisingWave Cloud

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-07.

- Checked: the figure 50% is printed word for word on the page, near the name of RisingWave.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of RisingWave.
- Checked: the publication date is read from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- Checked: RisingWave uses Harness. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-07.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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