Cloud & Infrastructure
GitHub Actions Development
Tests, builds and deployments that run themselves.
A deployment that only one person can run is a single point of failure, and a test suite that only runs locally is a test suite that stops running. GitHub Actions puts both in the repository: every push is tested, every merge can deploy, and the pipeline is versioned alongside the code it builds.
The cultural effect is larger than the technical one. When deploying is a merge rather than a ceremony, releases get smaller and more frequent — which is what actually reduces risk.
Why we use it
We use GitHub Actions on projects hosted there, running the test suite, static analysis and style checks on every push, with deployment on merge to the main branch.
Pipelines are kept fast deliberately. A ten-minute pipeline gets waited for; a forty-minute one gets worked around, and a pipeline people route around is worse than none because it creates false confidence.
Planning a GitHub Actions project?
We will tell you honestly whether it is the right choice for what you are building.