I was surprised to learn that Depot runners, which are much faster, are also much cheaper. Would highly recommend them for anyone trapped on GitHub.

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servercobra 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Blacksmith.sh has been great for us. Massively sped up tests and a huge improvement for Docker builds over both Actions and Google Cloud Build.

Only downside is they never got back to us about their startup discount.

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bksmithconnor 20 hours ago | parent [-]

hey there! blacksmith solutions engineer here :) love to hear we've helped speed up your tests and docker builds!!

could you shoot me your GH org so I can apply your startup discount? feel free to reach out to support@blacksmith.sh and I'll get back to you asap. thanks for using blacksmith!

	▲	servercobra 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you! We've loved it! Looks like you found me, thank you :)

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999900000999 21 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah, but I have to set that up.

GitHub actions more or less just work for what most people need. If you have a complex setup, use a real CI/CD system.

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lijok 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I haven’t use depot but I’m pretty sure the setup is literally just switching out the runs-on value in your workflows

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bastardoperator 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Such as?

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999900000999 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Jenkins is open source and very well documented.

GitHub Actions are really for just short scripts. Don't take your Miata off road.

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bastardoperator 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

LOL, I worked on the Jenkins project paid for three years. Even they use actions to build Jenkins.

https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/tree/master/.github/wor...

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cyberpunk 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Jenkins! For the love of god don’t listen to this.

	▲	999900000999 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Always open to learning, what's wrong with Jenkins? It's a bit bloated, but it's free and works.

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lijok 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why is gha just for short scripts, out of interest?

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999900000999 13 hours ago | parent [-]

It's just short on features.

I get the vibe it was never intended to seriously compete with real CI/CD systems.

But then people started using it as such, thus this thread is full of complaints.

	▲	lijok 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What features is it missing that you would like to see it implement?

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drdrey 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

death before Jenkins

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LilBytes a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Depot.dev is great.

	▲	kylegalbraith 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you! Really appreciate the support.

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kylegalbraith 21 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thank you for the kind shout out! Always happy to see comments like this. If anyone is looking for a better GitHub or GitHub Actions experience, feel free to reach out anytime.

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herpdyderp 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What are Depot runners?

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kylegalbraith 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Founder of Depot here. We provide faster and more reliable GitHub Actions runners (as well as other build performance services) at half the cost of GitHub [0]

[0] https://depot.dev/

	▲	whiskey-one an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Is there a write up on the security of actions or equivalent that explains how they are secure both with direct and transitive dependencies? If this applies to Depot.
	▲	herpdyderp 17 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Ah got it, thanks. I thought there was another kind of GitHub runner (like their "large" runners) that I hadn't heard of.