An LLM configured his server in 5 minutes; it has run untouched for 6 months

An LLM configured his Rocky server in about 5 minutes; the server is still running with no effort from him after 6 months.

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How it works

An LLM configures the server in about 5 minutes
The server is still running with no effort from him after 6 months

Why it’s worth knowing

Still running, no effort, is the complete testimonial for a server.

Where it’s from

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

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