Well I think you are asking in jest, there are some things you can do which amount to using it as minimally as possible. Basically make it as few steps as possible, using the minimal amount of options, and just call your own scripts.

The secondary benefit of this is that you move towards a world where you can "run CI" locally. This is something I try to do with all my CI now. If you've ever pushed a stream of commits trying to fix a CI only bug, you'll really appreciate the green of the grass once you get to the other side :]