Dev Tools · 2h ago
GitHub's design clashes with modern CI/CD demands
GitHub's platform architecture, built for source code hosting, struggles to meet the performance and flexibility needs of modern CI/CD pipelines. Developers face slow builds, limited caching, and poor integration with diverse toolchains. Depot argues that GitHub's monolithic design is ill-suited for the distributed, containerized workflows of today's software development.
Meridian48 take
The critique is valid but overlooks GitHub's gradual improvements; still, it highlights a real pain point for teams scaling CI/CD.
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