Agent 'Nigel' manages SaaS + AV rental business on $640 Mac Mini
Agent 'Nigel' Running SaaS + AV Rental Business on a $640 Mac Mini 24/7
A solo founder running two businesses (a SaaS product and an AV rental company) deployed OpenClaw on a $640 Mac Mini M4 running 24/7. His agent "Nigel" does overnight autonomous work, connected 4 APIs on its own, and fixed a 10-month-old bug nobody had time to touch.
Overnight Autonomous Work: Research Reports, API Integration, and Legacy Bug Fixes
The setup runs Claude Opus 4.5 via Claude Max on a Mac Mini M4 16GB from Costco. Nigel has access to the file system, terminal, web browser, messaging, project management, CRM, and GitHub CLI. The workflow:
- Overnight work shifts: Give a directive before bed, wake up to structured deliverables in organized directories
- Autonomous API integration: Nigel figured out OAuth flows, diagnosed auth issues, and connected 4 new services in one session
- Legacy bug fixing: Found an SMS chatbot broken for 10 months, diagnosed the root cause, upgraded components, and rewrote the prompt through 6 iterations
- Memory system: Daily markdown logs + curated long-term memory + semantic search via embeddings
8 Reports in One Night, 4 APIs Connected, 10-Month-Old Bug Fixed
- 8 major reports/analyses produced in one night
- 4 APIs connected autonomously
- 10-month-old SMS bot bug fixed (would have taken a full day manually)
- Revenue generated: $0 (honest assessment, but time saved is the real value)
Built by an Anonymous Solo Founder on Hacker News
Anonymous solo founder on Hacker News. "The SMS bot fix alone would've taken me a full day I didn't have."
Results: 8 major reports in one night, 4 APIs connected autonomously, 10-month-old bug fixed
The SMS bot fix alone would've taken me a full day I didn't have.