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A $5 VPS is easy to block. It's way harder to block a stock mac mini from a residential IP address


But why a Mac mini over a $30 raspberry pi on the same residential connection?


Guess cause it'll still do local builds and stuff, and probably do a lot more of those if the agents are spamming builds and it's something like Swift or Rust that takes a lot to compile


So a $100 optiplex?


Tailscale the vps into your home network, and have it use that as an exit node.


The bot blocking services are more advanced than that. They will do stuff like checking how your fonts are rendered in a canvas element to determine your browser and OS. A stock mac circumvent all that by hiding in plain sight.




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