| 18 Dec 2025 |
 @rosssmyth:matrix.org | And the builder resources & cache is just my laptop. Such is life as a software engineer at a hardware company. | 15:51:58 |
 emily | for prod builds too? 🫣 | 15:52:49 |
| @rosssmyth:matrix.org | I don't really mind building GCC on my laptop. The real issue is GCC on GHA. | 15:52:56 |
| @rosssmyth:matrix.org | Of course. | 15:53:03 |
| @rosssmyth:matrix.org | Working at a company as the newest hire in like 20 years has some funny things about using contemporary software engineering practices | 15:53:53 |
| @rosssmyth:matrix.org | I am one of two software engineers, and I am the only one who uses version control, the only one who cares even a little bit about being able to build our firmware outside of IDE tooling, ci, and other fun stuff | 15:54:59 |
| emily | can you give a rough estimate of how many countries' national security depend on the integrity of your laptop? or maybe planes' ability to remain aloft or medical devices' proper functioning? :D | 15:55:06 |
| emily | but yeah, big builds on GHA is a pain | 15:55:14 |
| emily | and I assume your company isn't up for paying for the beefier or third-party runners | 15:55:32 |
| @rosssmyth:matrix.org | I know we interact with the US military but I'm unsure what we do with them.
We have major contracts with the single company that does almost all testing of silicon wafers for all foundries
We have many contracts with various medical device manufactuers
No aerospace contracts (yet!)
And yeah, we just have the cheapest github plan at like $50/year | 15:56:53 |
