I Hate GitHub Actions with Passion

4 months ago

The author expresses strong dislike for GitHub Actions, more than any other technology.
A personal project, tmplr, encountered issues with GitHub Actions when trying to build across multiple platforms, specifically failing on Linux ARM.
The problem stemmed from GitHub Actions isolating binaries, preventing the ARM runner from accessing an x86_64 binary of CUE.
Debugging involved a tedious loop of making changes, pushing, waiting for CI results, and repeating, which was time-consuming and frustrating.
The solution was to move logic out of GitHub Actions' control by deleting build.rs and using a GNU Makefile instead, committing generated files directly to the repository.
Despite the frustrations, GitHub Actions is acknowledged for its benefits, like facilitating macOS builds, though the author wishes for a better alternative.
The article concludes with a resigned acceptance of GitHub Actions' flaws, highlighting the inefficiencies and time lost to debugging.

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