Most developers treat GitHub Actions as a simple CI/CD tool — push code, run tests, done. But under the hood, it's a flexible orchestration platform that can run scheduled cron jobs, deploy directly to a VPS via self-hosted runners, automate NPM package publishing with supply chain provenance, and even build self-healing repositories that auto-fix failing tests. This episode explores the full range of what Actions can do, from the practical (database backups on a schedule) to the experimental (incident response via repository dispatch webhooks). If you've been sleeping on GitHub Actions, this is your wake-up call.
