
Engineering17 Apr 2026
How we cut Atlas backend deploys from 33 minutes to 102 seconds
We moved Atlas backend image builds from GitHub-hosted x64 emulation to a self-hosted native ARM runner on our VPS and cut full deploy time from 32m56s to 1m42s.
Product infrastructure, deploy mechanics, filing pipelines, and the operational work required to keep Atlas useful. This is where we document the decisions that changed the system.

We moved Atlas backend image builds from GitHub-hosted x64 emulation to a self-hosted native ARM runner on our VPS and cut full deploy time from 32m56s to 1m42s.