u/ivyhoro

I’m trying to self-host OpenClaw and need a VPS that won’t be painful to use.

What is cheap VPS hosting really enough for OpenClaw starting, cause I don’t need best.

Just want fast start agent as a test.

What CPU and RAM do I need for agent who will go to the social media and collect relevant data from dashboard?

Which AI hosting provider make it easy?

If you have any good recommendations, please share.

Not a dramatic story, just something that saved me a lot of money that I don’t see talked about enough.

Was launching my first product line, needed barcodes, went to GS1’s site. $250 upfront, $550/year for 100 codes. I was pre-revenue and that felt insane for something I just needed to list products.

Someone mentioned third party resellers exist and that the GS1 only thing is partly GS1’s own marketing. So I looked into it. Turns out there was a legal settlement in 2002 that changed ownership rules around UPC numbers which is why legit resellers can operate without being shady about it.

Paid $35 for 50 codes. Listed on Amazon. Year two: paid nothing. Same codes still active.

GS1 makes sense if a specific big retailer requires their membership. But for most Amazon sellers just starting out, you’re paying a massive premium for a brand name.

Bit of an audit moment for me. I’ve been running my online PT business for four years now, currently at about 40 active clients split between strength clients and youth athletes. I’ve cobbled together a stack that worked when I had 12 clients and is now starting to feel held together with tape…Google Sheets for programmes, Stripe for billing, WhatsApp for daily check-ins, separate video host for tutorial library, separate app for habit tracking.

I’m not switching for the sake of switching. What I want to figure out is: for those of you running 30+ clients long-term, what do you actually use day to day, and would you pick it again knowing what you know now?

Specific things I care about:

1. Programme building that doesn’t take 90 minutes per client

2. A client-facing app where my clients actually log workouts

3. Nutrition tracking integrated, not bolted on with a separate MyFitnessPal account

4. Doesn’t fall over when I add a new client a couple of times a week

Don’t need: a marketing automation suite, a full booking system (most of my clients are async), retail POS.

Honest opinions over feature lists please.

trying to reach a VP at a manufacturing company and all i have is their name and company domain. hitting dead ends with the usual gmail permutations.

i’ve been using hunter for email lookup but the accuracy has been rough lately. probably 50/50 on whether the emails actually work. their chrome extension is decent for LinkedIn but the bulk finder keeps returning generic info@ addresses.

what’s everyone using these days to find email addresses? i need something with better verification. Apollo’s data has been ok for some stuff but the email accuracy isnt great either in my experience. Prospeo’s been hitting about 80% on a test batch i ran last week which was promising.

my AE keeps pushing me to just call the main line and ask for them but that feels like 1995. surely theres a more efficient way to do email lookup without cold calling a switchboard?