I develop CI software. I use the CI software I develop. This means I run several CI servers ("CI nodes" in Radicle parlance), currently four. When I make a release, I deploy the new version to all and trigger CI to run on all repositories on each.
This means I wait for CI to finish a lot. But unlike Godot, the wait is not a metaphor, a philosophical puzzle, or an artistic goal in and of itself. It's just a part of the development process.