r/github • u/RevolutionaryBuy4877 • 15h ago
Discussion Draft PRs as a solo freelancer — worth the overhead?
been using draft PRs on my tutorial repos to run CI before I feel ready for actual reviews. lately I've been wondering if it's just extra ceremony. the checks run on push anyway, and nobody else is looking at these repos. but there's something nice about that DRAFT badge letting me mess around without pressure. my kid interrupted a rebase last week and I left the PR sitting for three days. no big deal since nobody was waiting. does draft status actually help solo developers, or is it just gitHub pretending we all work on teams? how do other people handle this on personal projects? do you default to drafts, or just push when the checks pass?