In today's world the push is to do more with less. Sadly, the infrastructure is often the first area to be cut. Keeping a Gradle build in a good state can be labor intensive, so these cuts can be very painful for the entire organization. Join me on a journey about how to automate as much of the Gradle build maintenance as possible, so you can focus on projects that are not just "keeping the lights on". The experiences are drawn from my team's work on the AndroidX project as it continues to grow in the number of contributors.