Posts tagged: ci-cd

Self-Hosted GitLab Runner on a ChromeOS Thin Client

Running a personal GitLab Runner on a 2.7GB ChromeOS thin client for unlimited quota-free builds.

CI/CD Is Bloat - Just Skip It

A solo dev on a thin client skipped CI/CD entirely: a local bb build plus git push ships in 30 seconds with nothing to debug.

The 4-Stage Chain That Ships This Site

One commit, four stages, no manual deploys — the local → local runner → GitLab Pages → nurazhar.com pipeline that publishes every post on this blog.

How I Stopped Burning GitLab's 400-Minute Quota — A Self-Hosted Runner on My Own Box

GitLab's free tier is 400 CI minutes a month — fine for occasional commits, hostile if you post daily. I swapped the shared runner for a self-hosted one on my own machine. The quota became irrelevant. This post is the first publish through the new pipeline.