Runner on SRE Engineering Practicehttps://www.sre.wang/en/tags/runner/Recent content in Runner on SRE Engineering PracticeHugo -- gohugo.ioenThu, 13 Aug 2026 10:35:41 +0800Starting from Docker Machine Deprecation: 7 Production Decisions for GitLab CI Runner Elastic Architecture and Cache Governancehttps://www.sre.wang/en/posts/cicd-gitlab-runner-autoscaling-cache/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:35:41 +0800https://www.sre.wang/en/posts/cicd-gitlab-runner-autoscaling-cache/GitLab 17.5 deprecated the Docker Machine executor, with full removal planned for 2027. This article breaks down 7 engineering decisions for scaling GitLab CI from 50 to 200 concurrent jobs, covering executor selection, Kubernetes Executor resource modeling, distributed cache design, and production pitfalls.