Setting Up AWS CodeBuild as a GitHub Actions Runner: No More Self-Managed EC2
Burned out managing EC2 self-hosted runners, I switched to CodeBuild-managed runners. Here's the full setup — including the Webhook and IAM gotchas that cost me a day.
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Why Your CI Pipeline Is Slow (And How to Fix It)
CI pipelines slow down for four reasons: missing cache, sequential jobs, no path filtering, and broken Docker layer cache. I diagnosed a 32-minute pipeline and cut it down to about 15 minutes.
GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runners on AWS EC2: What No One Tells You
I put a self-hosted runner on EC2 and it died at 2am. Here's what broke, why non-ephemeral runners are a trap, and the step-by-step path to a production-ready setup.
GitHub Actions vs Jenkins: Which CI/CD Tool in 2026?
Ran Jenkins for years before switching to GitHub Actions. We saw a 20% drop in release work — here's the reasoning I actually used.