BitterGrid
Get on the grid

00 / BitterGrid

Put your repo
on the grid.

Source changes become verified live software. Execution substrate for software and agents.

Keep your repo. Lose the runner debt.

Get on the grid See how it works Read the docs →

01 / The problem

Software production changed.
Infrastructure didn't.

Most deploy infrastructure still assumes a human developer is hand-carrying every change through:

  • CI YAML
  • runner queues
  • shell wrappers
  • SSH rituals
  • brittle locks
  • ephemeral logs
  • half-visible deploy state

That stack costs money, time, and attention:

  • deploy minutes burned waiting in someone else's queue
  • workflow files turning into orchestration code
  • fragile remote wrappers around host-local locks
  • logs that disappear with the job
  • guesswork around what SHA is actually live

It is even worse for agents. Temp runners vanish on failure. State disappears. Context gets rebuilt from scratch.

BitterGrid replaces that with one system that owns execution from source intake to verified runtime.

02 / The grid

One grid. Two kinds of work.

Workcells

where software gets made

Workcells are durable execution environments where software gets made.

Bound to repo state, a persistent writable workspace, deterministic tools, scoped credentials, durable logs, and snapshot/restore. When an agent fails halfway through a change, the environment is still there to inspect, resume, or retry.

    ·repo state ·deterministic toolchain ·scoped credentials ·snapshots and resume ·durable logs

Runtime

where releases go live

Runtime is the managed environment where published releases go live.

Grid owns deployment records, rollout coordination, health and verification, ingress, and recovery paths, so runtime truth does not disappear into scripts and SSH sessions.

    ·explicit deployment records ·release-linked deploys ·health and verification ·rollback and recovery ·visible runtime truth

The same grid that helps make software also ships and runs it.

03 / The flow

From source change
to verified runtime.

  1. 01

    Grid ingests the exact revision.

    Keep your source host. Start with GitHub. Grid records the exact SHA that should be built.

  2. 02

    Workcell execution builds the release.

    Source is fetched into a controlled execution environment. Logs, status, and artifacts stay with the platform.

  3. 03

    Grid publishes an immutable release.

    The release is tied to the exact source revision and becomes the thing runtime deploys consume.

  4. 04

    Grid deploys onto managed runtime.

    Queueing, coordination, rollout control, and lock ownership live with the system that owns the runtime.

  5. 05

    Grid verifies what is actually live.

    A deployment is not green because a script exited. It is green because the platform checked the running system against the intended release and recorded the outcome.

04 / Narrow path

Start with the narrow path.

connect repo → build on-grid → publish release → deploy on-grid → verify what is live

Then expand into richer control

  • ·canaries
  • ·maintenance windows
  • ·deploy budgets
  • ·stronger policy and verification
  • ·more source-provider adapters
  • ·longer-lived Workcells for autonomous agents

The first win is concrete. The long-term direction stays inside the same system.

No runner fleets. No deploy folklore. No mystery between source and runtime.

05 / Access

Put your software on the grid.

Connect a repo. Let your agents work. Ship exact releases. Know what is live.

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