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It's a cloud where you get completely persistent Linux computers that share a group of resources (CPU, RAM, Storage). This means that you're able to allocate resources across workloads which has a ton of benefits when working with agents.
I found that current cloud infra was extremely restrictive with the new tasks & ways of working that coding agents open. AI is going to continue to change the way software is being built, and I believe that the infra we work with should also be malleable enough to give AI freedom around computers and resources.
The main principle I've had behind it is transmutability -- so computers and resources can be shaped to match any workload.
I sell _anything_ that I can buy at a reasonable margin, but that trends down towards a ~$50 average.
- a better knowledge & understanding of the market. What items are desirable? What will take a long time? How do you price them? etc.
- trust/reputation, which takes form through cash trading (directly buying items from people at a discount).
I also have a few automated trading bots & scripts that save time on buying items, but that's easily replicable.
Knowledge about the game isn't necessary at all - it's just the market itself. Understanding what people are interested in, what items can sell at, how long they take, etc.
I'm currently making $10k-15k per month; I'm one of the largest sellers on the game's main third-party marketplace (https://marketplace.tf).
Less of a side project and more of a part-time job, since it's ~4-6 hours of work per day.