diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 13b1adae..391479aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ name: Release to PyPI
 on:
   release:
     types: [published]
+  # Dry-run build on PRs to catch build issues before release
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/release.yml"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish:
     needs: build
+    if: github.event_name == 'release'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: pypi
     permissions:
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
   update-homebrew:
     needs: publish
+    if: github.event_name == 'release'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Trigger Homebrew formula update
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3dc442c9..8e9811ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ dmypy.json
 # direnv
 .direnv/
 
+# Nix build output
+result
+
 # Jupyter Notebook
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 
diff --git a/result b/result
deleted file mode 120000
index 9fb3912b..00000000
--- a/result
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/nix/store/hmxjpzgimzyf6gs76blmgxjims86cpq7-python3.11-deepwork-0.5.0
\ No newline at end of file