<ul><li>The author faced resource constraints and deployment failures due to storage limitations when using a small VM for Next.js deployments.</li><li>The author decided to move the build process to GitHub Actions, leveraging the free computing power offered by GitHub.</li><li>By using GitHub Actions, the author was able to upload the built code as an artifact and continue the setup using a self-hosted runner on their server.</li><li>The Next.js standalone output option and additional steps to copy necessary files improved the deployment pipeline and freed up the production server's resources.</li></ul>

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