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Your CI/CD pipeline might cost more than your production infrastructure. Cut GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and AWS CodeBuild costs by 70-90% using Spot instance runners, aggressive caching, and right-sizing — with working code you can deploy today.
Save 70–90% on cloud compute with spot instances across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Includes production-ready Terraform configs, Karpenter node pool strategies, and battle-tested interruption handling patterns.
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