Two easy ways to turn an idle Mac mini into a cloud coding agent
iannuttall · x · 2026-09-16
For turning a home Mac mini into a remotely accessible coding agent, the suggested paths are: run a terminal agent via herdrdev, or install the ChatGPT app on the mini and connect to it from your phone or MacBook — a low-cost way to repurpose idle Apple hardware into an always-on AI coding environment.
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