The Infra Pod Turning Gaming PCs to Serverless CI for AI! (Chat with Aditya from Blacksmith)
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Aug 25, 2025 Discover how Blacksmith is revolutionizing CI/CD by transforming gaming PCs into high-performance serverless compute resources. The team dives into the challenges faced by traditional CI systems, the advantages of using GitHub Actions, and the impact of AI on code generation. Aditya shares insights on optimizing CI workflows with innovative hardware choices and the future of observability in CI. Get ready for bold predictions and spicy takes on the evolving landscape of continuous integration!
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Founders' Origin Story
- Aditya and his cofounders came from engineering roles at FAIR and Cockroach and repeatedly saw large teams struggle with CI.
- They built Blacksmith to provide instantly provisioned, serverless CI compute as a different approach.
Swap Runners, Keep Your Workflow
- Keep your existing CI control plane and swap only the runner to improve performance and limit disruption.
- Point your GitHub Actions runner to Blacksmith by changing one line in the workflow.
CI Is Spiky, Not Continuous
- CI workloads are sparse and bursty, causing either long provisioning waits or expensive overprovisioned warm pools.
- Blacksmith solves this by offering instant provisioning and optimized hardware to absorb spikes without wasting spend.