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# Hands-On CI Optimization Workshop


- **Date:** Thursday, Sep 24, 2026
- **Time:** 13:30–15:30 (120 min)
- **Room:** Stage 10
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

A tactical, hands-on session where attendees optimize a real build pipeline live with Blacksmith. They’ll leave with practical insights, proven techniques, and a checklist to apply immediately to their own environments.

## Speaker

### [Abbe Piels](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@abbe-piels)

Member of Technical Staff at Blacksmith


## Related talks at this congress

- [GitHub Actions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1854-github-actions) — Austen Stone
- [Practices, Not Prompts: Scale GitHub Copilot with AI-Ready Repositories](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1874-practices-not) — Luis Pujols
- [It’s Alive! Taming the MLOps Franken-Stack: Write, Run, and Serve with Michelangelo](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1675-it-s-alive-taming) — Eric Wang, Paul Zimmerman
- [Why CI Deserves Its Own Infrastructure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1824-why-ci-deserves-its) — Piotr Bejda

## Watch remotely

Can’t make it to San José? Watch this session live with Pro. You also get:

- All full videos, bookmarks, and playlists
- World Congress livestreams

[See pricing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/pricing)

## Links

- [Get tickets](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america/tickets)