I Built a 24/7 AI Agent System on a $6/Month VPS — Here's the Stack

Dev.to / 4/28/2026

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The article explains a low-cost (about €3.9/month VPS) 24/7 autonomous AI agent stack built to automate publishing and promotions.
It uses the OpenClaw agent framework with DeepSeek V4 Pro (via NVIDIA NIM API), and relies on Playwright + Python for browser automation inside a Docker container.
The agent runs multiple scheduled tasks, including posting to Twitter/X every 5 minutes, publishing to Dev.to every 30 minutes, managing a Gumroad store, and sending targeted promotions.
The author highlights DeepSeek V4 Pro’s features (notably a tested 1M-token context) and cost advantages, claiming it is significantly cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.6 for typical agent workloads.
The system reportedly helped package and sell 89 AI productivity guides “on autopilot,” with a full playbook linked to the author’s Gumroad page.

Running a fully autonomous AI agent on Hetzner VPS (€3.9/mo).

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Released April 24, 2026:

5x cheaper than Claude Sonnet 4.6 for typical agent workloads.

89 AI productivity guides packaged and selling on autopilot.

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