Isn't that just programming? That's not much different than saying you forgot a bracket and had to make another commit to make it work. Granted, it would be nice if they had some linter.
Generally programming these days does not require you to submit build jobs or jump through other hoops to catch trivial mistakes. Although it depends on what you do, embedded developers and game programmers writing for consoles might disagree.
It really feels like a throwback to the punch card era.
I too don't enjoy writing CI scripts (despite knowing Linux administration and shell scripting quite well), it always takes an inordinate amount of time, but it also saves much more over the long term.
This is a usecase where chatgpt works great! I usually pass this kind of ops DSL in gpt and it will find my mistakes. Github actions and graphanaQL code, oof, they just click for me.
Don't fixate on the details, fixate on the larger point. your specific situation of having code self-hosted and an employer that cares deeply about their proprietary code is a detail beside the point. LLMs shine at fixing up DSLs that you're unfamiliar with. chatgpt to llm is kleenex to facial tissue.
