Technology
Local Build Cache vs Remote: Cost Balance in CI/CD Speed
Local build cache or remote cache in your CI/CD pipelines? I dive deep into the balance of speed, cost, and efficiency.
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Career
Monorepo or Polyrepo? 3 Critical Consequences of Your CI/CD Choice
My experiences with how monorepo and polyrepo choices in software projects affect CI/CD processes, team dynamics, and long-term project health…
Tutorials
Dependency Security: Stopping the Build or Warning?
Dependency security management is a critical issue in software projects. Zero tolerance by stopping the build, or flexibility with warnings? My field.
Career
Shared Build Cache: Makes Sense for the Independent Developer?
I analyze the practicality of shared build cache solutions for independent developers in terms of cost, performance, and maintenance. From my own experiences...
Career
Monolith vs. Microservices: Which is Better for Your CI/CD Pipeline?
Comparing the impact of Monolith and Microservices architectures on CI/CD processes, with practical experience. Deciding when to choose which.
Technology
Self-Hosted Runner vs SaaS: Which is More Cost-Effective?
Does using self-hosted runners in CI/CD processes truly save money? I compared hidden costs, hardware resources, and operational overhead.
Life
Build Cache Optimization in CI/CD Pipelines: 3 Practical Ways
Improve developer quality of life by speeding up slow CI/CD processes. We examine 3 practical and concrete methods for build cache optimization.
Life
CI/CD Strategies: The Cost of Over-Complexity for Indie Hackers
How I approach CI/CD as an indie hacker, the impact of unnecessary complexity on time and cost, and simple, effective solutions. My journey...
Life
CI/CD Times and Our Daily Lives: Local vs Shared Build Cache
I examine the effects of build cache mechanisms on CI/CD times and, consequently, our daily workflow, looking at the differences between local and shared.
Technology
Self-hosted GitHub Actions Runner: Balancing Cost and Control
I examine the advantages and disadvantages of running your GitHub Actions runners on your own servers, focusing on cost, performance, and control.
Technology
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Moving My GitHub Actions Runner to My Own VPS
A step-by-step guide on how I moved my GitHub Actions runner to my own VPS and reduced costs, while meeting my specific needs.
Technology
✍️ Hand-written
My Own Script Killed My CI Runner: The Dark Side of Cleanup
I'm sharing how a cleanup script I wrote on my GitHub Actions runner crashed my system, and the lessons I learned from this painful experience.
Technology
Self-Hosted CI Runner Security: Isolation, OIDC and Secrets
A practical model that lowers supply-chain risk on self-hosted CI runners with isolation, network boundaries and OIDC-based short-lived authorization.
Tutorials
Terraform CI Guardrails: Plan/Apply, Drift, and Policy Check
Balancing safety and speed in IaC: a guide to managing prod changes through plan/apply separation, drift detection, policy-as-code, and approval flows.
Tutorials
A Pre-Validation Pipeline for Network Changes with Batfish
A practical Batfish flow that validates routing/ACL changes before they reach production via 'snapshot + question set,' catching human error early.