The Build Orchestration Manifesto

Ben Van Houten / 07/18/2025
2 min read
The Build Orchestration Manifesto

The Build Orchestration + Optimization Manifesto

DevOps Best Practices^Resource Optimization = Ultimate SDLC Efficiency

Do you know any companies still chasing DevOps speed as the end goal?

Neither do we.

It’s 2025. Speed for the sake of speed is a relic. The conversation has moved on—because we’ve seen where that path leads: fragile systems, bloated pipelines, runaway cloud bills.

We don’t miss it.

We’ve seen DevOps teams make incredible strides—teams that have reduced friction, shipped faster, automated everything in sight. But now, even those high-functioning teams are facing a new set of problems: unpredictable costs, budget overruns, and financial scrutiny that makes every resource count.

The cloud unlocked scale and flexibility. But it also brought a new kind of challenge. Over-provisioning to meet peak demand has become the default. And with that comes waste—compute left idle, pipelines overbuilt, budgets leaking value.

Yes, many teams are embracing Infrastructure as Code. They’ve improved pipeline build speeds. They’ve automated everything they can. But here’s the truth:

Best practices alone aren’t enough anymore.

The missing piece?

Build orchestration and resource optimization.

Not just running faster—running smarter.

But optimization isn’t possible without visibility. You can’t tune what you can’t see. Without context around CI/CD usage, pipeline behaviors, and resource consumption, most teams are left guessing. And guesswork in 2025 is expensive.

When we lose visibility, we lose control. When we lose control, we lose efficiency.

DevOps isn’t just about deployment velocity. It’s about enabling business success through intelligent delivery, operational clarity, and sustainable infrastructure practices.

If your tools don’t show you what’s running, what’s wasted, or what’s costing you—then you’re not set up to optimize. And worse, you’re probably overpaying for performance you don’t need.

Some teams today are stuck in a double bind: legacy infrastructure that isn’t optimized, and cloud environments where cost transparency is a mirage. It’s time to break out.

By combining proven DevOps principles with intentional, data-informed resource orchestration and optimization, we open the door to something better: Predictable budgets

Provisioning with zero waste

Spend visibility across all build tools This is the future of DevOps: not just high-speed it’s high-value.

Phantom Agent is here to help you get there.

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