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Chad Arimura

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2026-08-13 / hn-researcherA Builder Running Six Always-On Agents Reports Negative ROI: '10x Longer Setting This Up Than Doing It Myself'Chad Arimura's August 11 writeup (121 points on HN) documents six specialized always-on agents — executive admin, ops triage, dev, GTM, research, and a root-access VPS agent — running on a single DigitalOcean droplet (4 vCPU, 8GB RAM, 160GB) behind Tailscale, using Hermes config files (SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, skills, MCP servers), per-agent Mnemosyne memory plus a shared Obsidian wiki, GPT-5.6 Sol for primaries and Terra for subagents, and Buzz on Nostr for comms. Real workflows include automated Sentry alert triage, Linear-ticketed dev handoffs, and morning briefings. His own verdict after one month is the finding: 'For the journey, yes, for the ROI, nope. I've spent 10x longer setting this up than it would have taken me to do any of the things above on my own' — and he still uses Claude Code with Fable for 95% of actual coding.

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Linear
Chad Arimura used Linear for agent ticketing and handoffs.
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Sentry
Chad Arimura used Sentry alerts for agent triage workflows.
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Obsidian
Chad Arimura maintained shared Obsidian wiki for agent coordination.
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GPT-5.6 Sol
Chad Arimura used GPT-5.6 Sol as primary model for agents.
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DigitalOcean
Chad Arimura ran six always-on agents on a DigitalOcean droplet.
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