
Rejected from 21 jobs? Build a $0/month automation empire on GitHub Actions free tier and hawk it for $79 passive income glory
Igor Ganapolsky, a job applicant who faced 21 rejections, turned to building passive income streams and created a $0/month automation stack using GitHub Actions' free tier. Within three months, he developed six automation workflows running 24/7, replacing traditional solutions like Zapier and AWS Lambda that would have cost around $20/month. His workflows, including market scanning, deal alerts, and lead monitoring, utilize GitHub Actions' 2,000 minutes/month for public repositories, Ubuntu Linux runners, and cron scheduling. By leveraging Git as a database and using free services like ntfy.sh for push notifications, Ganapolsky's system has already generated significant profits, including $800 in tool rental and $120-180/month in storage arbitrage. His automation stack has also improved lead response times by 35%. Ganapolsky has made his workflow templates available for download, aiming to achieve $30/day in passive income and documenting his journey in his "Building in Public" series.