diff --git a/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml
index 22d4313772ec6..3af645a7a98cf 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/run-backend-tests/action.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ runs:
           run: |
               pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-dev.txt
 
-        - name: Install local hogql-parser
+        - name: Install the working version of hogql-parser
           if: steps.hogql-parser-diff.outputs.changed == 'true'
           shell: bash
           # This is not cached currently, as it's important to build the current HEAD version of hogql-parser if it has
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-hogql-parser.yml b/.github/workflows/build-hogql-parser.yml
index 2818329037bd6..db55a650c0f5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-hogql-parser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-hogql-parser.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 120 # The Linux ARM builds are painfully slow
         strategy:
             matrix:
-                # ARM emulation is reasonably fast on macOS, but insanely slow (20x longer) on Linux runners
+                # As of October 2023, GitHub doesn't have ARM Actions runners… and ARM emulation is insanely slow
+                # (20x longer) on the Linux runners (while being reasonable on the macOS runners). Hence, we use
+                # BuildJet as a provider of ARM runners - this solution saves a lot of time and consequently some money.
                 os: [ubuntu-22.04, buildjet-2vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm, macos-12]
 
         steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/storybook-chromatic.yml b/.github/workflows/storybook-chromatic.yml
index e4c89d3e112c4..19b153aa0bfda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/storybook-chromatic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/storybook-chromatic.yml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
                   # If added or modified, run OptiPNG
                   if [ $ADDED -gt 0 ] || [ $MODIFIED -gt 0 ]; then
                     echo "Snapshots updated ($ADDED new, $MODIFIED changed), running OptiPNG"
-                    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y optipng
+                    apt update && apt install -y optipng
                     optipng -clobber -o4 -strip all
                     
                     # we don't want to _always_ run OptiPNG
diff --git a/hogql_parser/README.md b/hogql_parser/README.md
index f08a845ca413e..ed70674a95cd8 100644
--- a/hogql_parser/README.md
+++ b/hogql_parser/README.md
@@ -1 +1,21 @@
 # HogQL Parser
+
+## Developing locally on macOS
+
+1. Install libraries:
+
+    ```bash
+    brew install boost antlr
+    ```
+
+1. Install `hogql_parser` from local sources:
+
+    ```bash
+    pip install ./hogql_parser
+    ```
+
+1. If you now run tests, the locally-built version of `hogql_parser` will be used:
+
+    ```bash
+    pytest posthog/hogql/
+    ```