1. What GitHub Actions Is In an earlier post I put the CI capabilities GitLab provides into practice — click here to see. The advantages of using GitLab are that it can be deployed privately, it allows an unlimited number of private repositories, its CI configuration is simple, and it can connect to self-hosted Runners.

1. Raise the Level of Automation Remote builds usually need the help of some CI tool, such as GitHub Actions, Travis CI, and so on. In an intranet environment, you can use GitLab CI and add a CI node for automated builds — see my GitLab documentation. The benefits of automation go without saying: it standardizes processes, saves a great deal of time, and delivers clear returns.