A solo founder's nightly research routine

A solo founder building in the developer-tools space wanted to keep up with five competitors and three adjacent open-source projects without spending an hour a day on it.

The routine: one Amy run at midnight, sweeping a fixed list of changelogs, blogs, and HN threads. The output is a single markdown digest emailed at 6 AM. Total cost: under a dollar a week in credits. Total time saved: an hour a day, every day.

The setup took 20 minutes and has run untouched for three months. That's the bar we're aiming at — agents that disappear into routine.