Dev builds bare-metal autonomous agent system after OpenAI refused to refund lost quota
epicskyes · reddit · 2026-09-21
A developer says an OpenAI error cost him a week of usage quota and support refused a refund, so he built a bare-metal autonomous agent system: agents with root access on isolated, disposable Ubuntu installs controlling CPU/GPU/RAM/network, executing only pre-tested actions with full failure logging. He claims it's near production-ready and has carried his work for four days at 0% remaining quota.
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