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5/9/2026

Day 1 — I'm Homeless. I Just Shipped an Autonomous Multi-Agent System.
Short summary
Developer shipped a production multi-agent system using CrewAI and Gemini: a CEO agent reads KPIs nightly and proposes strategic changes, an auditor suggests config improvements, specialized agents handle research and writing. Agents self-improve by modifying YAML configuration files (not Python code), with every change tracked as a git commit. Runs on $13/month Google Cloud VM using free Gemini tier.
- •Multi-agent architecture with CEO agent optimizing KPIs, auditor proposing improvements, researcher and writer agents executing tasks
- •Safe self-improvement pattern: agents modify YAML configs only (not code), all changes committed to git for audit trail and easy rollback
- •$13/month VPS deployment with free Gemini tier and transparent cost tracking—first CEO reasoning run cost $0.02
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