Run it on a Mac mini
We push owners to run their on a box they own. The cloud is fine too. Same , same files. And the honest catch.
November 1, 20263 min read5 chaptersBy Chris Johnston
01 · THE BOX
Run it on a box you own.
We want more owners running their own Mac minis. A small computer on a shelf in your building, running your around the clock.
It is not a server room. It is one quiet box. You bought it, it sits in your office and the work it does belongs to you.
ON A SHELF IN YOUR BUILDING. ITS LIGHT IS ON.
02 · CLOUD IS FINE
The cloud is fine too.
Most clients start in the cloud, and that works. We can set you up on any of them. The is the same either way, because it is files: instructions, connectors, memory, a schedule.
That is portability. Start in the cloud, move to the box later, or the other way around. Moving is copying a folder. Why that matters for your bills is in Own your stack.
The cloud
Where most clients start.
- instructions.md
- connectors/
- memory/
- schedule
- tools/
A Mac mini
The option we push.
- instructions.md
- connectors/
- memory/
- schedule
- tools/
SAME FILES. MOVING IS COPYING A FOLDER.
03 · WHY WE PUSH IT
Yours, the way your desk is yours.
A box you own is the plainest version of owning your stack. Nobody can change the terms on it. It does not bill by the seat. It keeps running whether a vendor has a good quarter or a bad one.
It also keeps your files in your building, if that matters to you. For most owners it is the smaller reason. The bigger one is control.
Same . Same files. Your hardware.
04 · THE CATCH
Sometimes you have to sign back in.
Here is the honest part. A box in your office is a real computer logged into real accounts. Every so often a login lapses, and a person has to sign in again.
It is a minute of your time, and your tells you when it needs it. that come to you with what they need are part of how we build, on the about page.
SESSION EXPIRED
Sign in again to keep going.
Your lobsteragent tells you which account lapsed. You sign in. It picks up where it stopped.
THE CATCH. IT HAPPENS. IT TAKES A MINUTE.
05 · SET UP
Your accounts from week one.
Cloud or box, the system runs on accounts in your name from the first week, and you pay for your own compute. Nothing you depend on lives on ours. That is how it stays yours when we step out on day ninety: build, adopt, own.
Where it runs matters less than whether it is governed. That is in Is it secure?
