Our CI bill doubled this year and finance is asking questions. Where does the compute money go?

Cost per merge beats cost per minute. Attribute spend by pipeline, attack caches and matrix sprawl first, and know what self-hosted runners really cost.

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Cost per merge beats cost per minute. Attribute spend by pipeline, attack caches and matrix sprawl first, and know what self-hosted runners really cost.

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