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The Zero Cost Tech Stack: Everything Free Everything Automated

A developer at JPMorgan detailed a zero-cost automated content pipeline that generates and uploads videos to nine YouTube channels daily. The system uses local AI models like Ollama and Gemini for scripting, Google Cloud TTS for voice, Pexels for images, and MoviePy for video assembly, all orchestrated via launchd plist files. The developer claims the setup requires no manual work and costs nothing per month.

read1 min views2 publishedAug 27, 2026

Creating content manually for 9 channels would take 8+ hours daily. I have a full-time job as VP at JPMorgan. The math doesnt work.

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  AI Script (Ollama/Gemini)
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  Google Cloud TTS (Voice)
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  Pexels Images + MoviePy Video
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  YouTube API Upload
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>com.gyaaninfive.youtube</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/usr/bin/python3</string>
    <string>/path/to/upload.py</string>
  </array>
  <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
  <dict>
    <key>Hour</key><integer>18</integer>
    <key>Minute</key><integer>15</integer>
  </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

One plist per channel. Runs at the exact scheduled time.

Google Cloud TTS: Free (4M chars/month)

Pexels API: Free

YouTube API: Free

Ollama: Free (local)

Total: ₹0/month

9 channels. Daily uploads. Zero manual work.

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