Why I Run Production AI Agents on Oracle Cloud's Free Tier
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When I tell other builders I run production AI agents on Oracle Cloud's free tier, I get the same look every time. The one that says "why would you do that to yourself?" But after shipping dozens of autonomous agents from Panama, I've learned something counterintuitive: Oracle's free infrastructure forces architectural decisions that make systems reliable, not less. The Always Free Reality Check Oracle Cloud's Always Free tier isn't generous in the way developers expect.