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thinkafterbef

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About thinkafterbef

Plan9 Archeologist & Internet explorer @ JetKVM (YC W23)

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    Comment #48804359

    Finally proper stale-while-revalidate support!

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    JetKVM | Senior Fullstack Engineer | Remote (CET ±3) | Full-Time | Go / TypeScript / WebRTC | Open Source JetKVM builds open-source KVM-over-IP hardware that lets you control any c…

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    Show HN: Performance GitHub Actions runners powered by Gaming CPUs

    Hey HN, BuildJet makes GitHub Actions faster, by running the workflows on our Gaming CPU cloud. You still get to keep everything GitHub Actions, we simply replace the underlying Gi…

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    Comment #33920681

    That's precisely what we will do! You'll be able to customize the runner image however you want, and it will be running on very fast NVMe SSDs.

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    Comment #33920345

    Disclaimer: Co-founder of https://buildjet.com/for-github-actions While more cores can certainly help with certain types of projects, such as those that can be easily parallelized,…

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    Comment #32245203

    Yeah, it's kind of a trope by now. However, we felt it was justified when Google Lighthouse wanted to use BuildJet.

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    Comment #32245164

    Oh, should probably add that to the docs. Anyway, they are 120 GB.

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    Comment #32244269

    I'm a bit biased as one of the founders of BuildJet, but we solve this exact issue. BuildJet for GitHub Actions, plugs elegantly into GitHub Actions. With 1-line change in your con…

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    Comment #30925648

    Hey founder of BuildJet here, With BuildJet for GitHub Actions, you can get up to 64 vCPU as a GitHub Actions runner. We plug right into your existing setup and have a significantl…

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    Comment #30063733

    Incoming shameless plug; if you don’t have to handle the hosting runners, but still to reap the benefits of having proper hardware (close to the metal). Check out BuildJet for GitH…

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    Comment #29397046

    Nice wording with 'per core performance'. We had difficulties properly conveying this point in our product when comparing our CI runners[1] to GitHub Actions CI Runner. I will be u…

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    Comment #29006939

    BuildKite lets you run their CI agents on your own hardware. Much like self-hosted runner in GitHub Actions. BuildJet for GitHub Actions is a managed service, where we provide the …

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    Comment #28850329

    Yeah, you're right, there is a tool called act[1] that lets users test the GitHub Actions CI runs toward their local machine. The implementation looks very similar to GitHub Action…

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    Hey, Parallelism can solve a subset of CI performance issues, but in our experience, it tends to increase complexity and not improving performance that much. Regarding security, ju…