His trading agent moved itself onto a server so his laptop could close

His stock trading agent, given SSH access to a VM, moved itself to run on the server so he no longer has to keep his laptop open.

How it works

His stock trading agent gets SSH access to a virtual machine
Moves itself to run on the server
He no longer has to keep his laptop open

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent solved its own uptime problem.

Where it’s from

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

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