Self Hosted Github Actions Runner

The spark of this blog post came from a tweet from DHH about the default Rails 8 having a Github Actions workflow.Github Actions is a great tool for automating your workflows. It's built into Github and is free for public repositories. However, if you have a private repository, you will need to pay for Github Actions. This can be a bit expensive if you have a lot of repositories. There is a way to reduce the cost of Github Actions by using self hosted runners. This allows you to run your Github Actions workflows on your own servers. This can be a great way to reduce the cost of Github Actions.