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Optimise our use of DO credits

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Description

DigitalOcean is very generous with us and we have many CI machines in their infrastructure.
I've looked at an invoice from May 2023 and I think we should try to optimise how we use the credits available to us.

A few low-hanging fruits to start the conversation:

  • infra-digitalocean-ubuntu2204-x64-1 (ci): maybe underused? uptime shows load average: 0.22, 0.17, 0.17. Cost: $384/mo!
  • infra-digitalocean-ubuntu1804-x64-1 (gzemnid): has been unused for a very long time AFAIK. Cost: $48/mo

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the May 2023 invoice and checking current usage of infra-digitalocean-ubuntu2204-x64-1 and infra-digitalocean-ubuntu1804-x64-1. Done means producing a concrete, agreed optimization plan for the listed machines, including expected credit savings.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
ubuntu
Domain
ci-cd, infrastructure
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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