Hardware is usually the cheapest component when it comes to software manufacturing, but we found out we wanted CI/CD to spin 24x365 as much as it can, increasin

Hardware is usually the cheapest component when it comes to software manufacturing, but we found out we wanted CI/CD to spin 24x365 as much as it can, increasing the resolution to ~single commits with the shortest possible cycles. With a sizeable codebase and a thorough testsuite AWS bills went up so quickly even the proponents decided it was not worth it. We restored our old CI infra and were able to add a couple of new servers too. The throughput increased considerably with money to spare. Still an interesting experiment, but it showed burning money on Amazon not defaults to moving faster.