11th July 2022
TIL
Conditionally running a second job in a GitHub Actions workflow
— My [simonwillisonblog-backup workflow](https://github.com/simonw/simonwillisonblog-backup/blob/main/.github/workflows/backup.yml) periodically creates a JSON backup of my blog's PostgreSQL database, using [db-to-sqlite](https://datasette.io/tools/db-to-sqlite) and [sqlite-diffable](https://datasette.io/tools/sqlite-diffable). It then commits any changes back to the repo using this pattern:
Recent articles
- Claude's new system prompt really doesn't want to reproduce song lyrics - 2nd September 2026
- Claude Fable 5.1 made me a really nice animated pelican - 1st September 2026
- Understanding ChatGPT Work - 30th August 2026