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
- Highlights from my conversation about agentic engineering on Lenny's Podcast - 2nd April 2026
- Mr. Chatterbox is a (weak) Victorian-era ethically trained model you can run on your own computer - 30th March 2026
- Vibe coding SwiftUI apps is a lot of fun - 27th March 2026