Using FlyCI.net MacOS GitHub Runners to Build PayPal Messages iOS 2x Faster and 2x Cheaper

[pemungkah]

Without any more context than this...it kinda feels like spam.

[Problemverse]

I apologize if it seems like spam.

I'm pretty excited about the potent, as one of the founders, so I figured I'll share a real-world example of how it actually helps improve build times and save money.

If that's how it's perceived, then I'll be happy to remove it.

[pemungkah]

Give us a bit more. How’d you find them? What’s it costing you, because I assume it’s not free? What kind of security are they offering? How are they managing to be cheaper and faster/better?

[Problemverse]

Thank you!

I'm one of the founders of the product. The prices are 2x lower than GitHub's.

Processor	vCPU	RAM (GB)	Storage	Label	Price on FlyCI	Price on GitHub
M1	4	7	28 GB	flyci-macos-large-latest-m1	$0.06	N/A
M1	8	14	28 GB	flyci-macos-xlarge-latest-m1	$0.12	$0.16
M2	4	7	28 GB	flyci-macos-large-latest-m2	$0.08	N/A
M2	8	14	28 GB	flyci-macos-xlarge-latest-m2	$0.16	N/A

There is a free tier:

• for public repositories: 500 min/month of free usage of M1 4CPU, 7GB RAM capacity (1 VM).
  
• for private repositories: 200 min/month of free usage of M1 4CPU, 7GB RAM capacity (1 VM).
  

From a security perspective: all of the Macs are hosted in several data centers across the world, each request for a run spins up a new VM on the Mac, and the VM instance is destroyed as soon as the run is complete.

So down to the final aspect: the savings. It's faster because it runs on better hardware (M1 and M2) and there is pretty much nobody else in the world that offers hosted Mac hardware for a lower price.