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The AI stood up 4 unfamiliar server services in 2 days, a week of work compressed

Used the AI to get 4 unfamiliar Proxmox LXC services working, drafting configs and VPN-only firewall rules in 2 days instead of about a week.

How it works

  1. He uses AI to get 4 unfamiliar container services working
  2. Drafting configs and VPN-only firewall rules
  3. In 2 days instead of about a week

Why it’s worth knowing

Unfamiliar to him is the point: the learning curve was the cost removed.

Where it’s from

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

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