Agents run his website under targets and flagged the traffic spike that took it down

Ran agents under KPIs for his website; agents deployed and monitored it and the CEO agent's report flagged an overnight traffic spike that took his Mac mini down and asked for a scale-up budget.

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How it works

Agents run under performance targets for his website
Deploy and monitor it
The lead agent's report flags an overnight traffic spike that took his Mac mini down and asks for a scale-up decision

Why it’s worth knowing

The report did not just say down, it said why and what it needed from him.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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