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The AI runs my server, so I stopped paying for easy hosting

The AI told him swap memory on his server was high, found the cause, and had the fix ready for him to approve. The AI or the AI now connects to the box, upgrades services, and sorts out problems, so his site and newsletter run on a bare DigitalOcean droplet instead of a pricier platform that makes hosting easy.

How it works

  1. The AI spots high swap memory use on the server
  2. It finds the cause and prepares the config change
  3. He says yes and it fixes it
  4. The agent keeps upgrading services and sorting out problems on the droplet

Why it’s worth knowing

He rents the cheap bare server and lets the agent supply the easy part that hosting platforms charge for.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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