Optimize release workflow job execution

[juliusmarminge]

Summary

• Move selected release workflow jobs onto Blacksmith runners to reduce execution time.
• Narrow bun install scope in release-related jobs to only the packages they need.
• Split the release build into explicit web and CLI build steps.
• Pin oxfmt to 0.40.0 for deterministic formatting during version updates.

Testing

• Not run (workflow-only change).
• Verified the diff updates only .github/workflows/release.yml.

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Medium Risk
Workflow-only changes but they modify the release pipeline (runner selection, install/build steps), so a misconfiguration could break publishing or produce incomplete artifacts.

Overview
Optimizes the release.yml GitHub Actions workflow to reduce runtime by moving additional jobs (check_changes, release, announce_discord) onto Blacksmith runners.

Scopes several bun install steps to only the required workspaces via --filter (notably release/finalize/announce and CLI publishing), and splits publishing builds into explicit @t3tools/web and t3 build steps.

Pins oxfmt to 0.40.0 during the finalize version-bump formatting step for deterministic output.

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Optimize release workflow job execution with scoped installs and dedicated build steps

• Switches check_changes, release, and announce_discord jobs to the blacksmith-8vcpu-ubuntu-2404 runner.
• Scopes bun install to only the relevant workspace filters in each job, reducing install overhead.
• Splits the web and CLI builds in check_changes into separate steps, building @t3tools/web first, then t3 independently.
• Pins oxfmt to version 0.40.0 in the finalize job to avoid unpinned version drift.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved

CI/CD workflow optimizations only: switches to faster runners, filters package installs for efficiency, splits build steps, and pins a tool version. No changes to deployment targets or production behavior.

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