Stop Letting Netlify Auto-Deploy Everything: Use GitHub Actions to Control Your Static Site Pipeline

TL;DR: Netlify's built-in Git integration is genuinely great — right up until your team grows past one person or your site does anything more interesting than render HTML. The default behavior is simple: push to main, Netlify picks it up, your site is live in 60–90 seconds. 📖 Reading time: ~34 min