Every setting in my Instagram automation script was correct. The action caps were correct. The delays were correct. And the job died with SIGKILL every single morning for two weeks — because nobody, including me, had ever multiplied those two correct numbers together.
Why This Setup Works
"Running" and "Earning" Are Not the Same Thing
My Mac currently runs more than 160 launchd-managed jobs. IG engagement, X auto-likes, note auto-posting, Threads, TikTok, follow management for each social network — all of them are registered as .plist files, and they keep grinding away in the background while I sleep, while I eat, and while I'm sitting in job interviews.
This setup is the skeleton of ¥1.2M in monthly revenue. My own hands-on time is close to zero: Claude Code writes code autonomously, Codex handles implementation, launchd handles scheduling. It took me six months to build a system where all I do is design and diagnose anomalies.
