diff --git a/.github/workflows/ccpp.yaml b/.github/workflows/ccpp.yaml
index 13f46326..8971b2e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ccpp.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ccpp.yaml
@@ -3,14 +3,26 @@ name: C/C++ CI
 on: [push]
 
 jobs:
-  linux-build:
+  lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - name: install deps
       run: sudo apt install build-essential cmake libjsoncpp-dev libeigen3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libtins-dev libpcap-dev libglfw3-dev libglew-dev libspdlog-dev libflatbuffers-dev libgtest-dev clang-format
-    - name: lint
+    - name: cpp-lint
       run: ./clang-linting.sh
+    - name: install python
+      run: sudo apt install python3 python3-pip
+    - name: install python-deps
+      run: pip3 install mypy flake8
+    - name: python-lint
+      run: cd python && mypy ./src ./tests && flake8
+  linux-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: install deps
+      run: sudo apt install build-essential cmake libjsoncpp-dev libeigen3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libtins-dev libpcap-dev libglfw3-dev libglew-dev libspdlog-dev libflatbuffers-dev libgtest-dev clang-format
     - name: cmake configure for realsies
       run: cmake . -B build -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
     - name: cmake build
@@ -26,15 +38,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: install deps
       run: sudo apt install build-essential cmake libjsoncpp-dev libeigen3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libtins-dev libpcap-dev libglfw3-dev libglew-dev libspdlog-dev libflatbuffers-dev
     - name: install python-deps
-      run: pip3 install pytest mypy flake8
+      run: pip3 install pytest pytest-xdist
     - name: go into path
       run: cd python
     - name: build python
       run: cd python && sudo python3 -m pip install -e .[test]
-    - name: lint
-      run: cd python && mypy ./src ./tests && flake8
     - name: run tests
-      run: cd python/tests && pytest
+      run: cd python/tests && pytest -n4
   windows-build:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
@@ -47,10 +57,8 @@ jobs:
         triplet: x64-windows-release
         token: ${{ github.token }}
         github-binarycache: true
-    - name: lint
-      run: ./clang-linting.sh
     - name: cmake configure for realsies
-      run: cmake . -B build -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
+      run: cmake . -B build -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
     - name: cmake build
       run: cmake --build build -j4
     - name: run tests
@@ -60,9 +68,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - name: install deps
-      run: brew install cmake pkg-config jsoncpp eigen curl libtins glfw glew spdlog flatbuffers
-    - name: lint
-      run: ./clang-linting.sh
+      run: brew install cmake pkg-config jsoncpp eigen curl libtins glfw glew spdlog flatbuffers googletest
     - name: cmake configure for realsies
       run: cmake . -B build -DBUILD_TESTING=ON -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
     - name: cmake build