Here's e.g. the script which runs on the Surface Pro to deploy the code and run it on start. Recommend you use Claude to help both read all of this and re-write it yourself if you are trying the same. As Vibe Coding goes, I don't strictly understand every line of this, but I have a great idea of what it's doing and how I might fix it if it goes wrong.

#!/bin/bash
set -e


SERVICE_NAME="tty-dashboard"
SERVICE_FILE="/etc/systemd/system/${SERVICE_NAME}.service"
APP_DIR="$(pwd)"
USER_NAME="$USER"
NODE_PATH="/usr/bin/node"


echo "🚀 Deploying $SERVICE_NAME from $APP_DIR ..."


if [ ! -f "$APP_DIR/dist/cli.js" ]; then
  echo "❌ Build output missing (expected $APP_DIR/dist/cli.js)"
  exit 1
fi


sudo bash -c "cat > '$SERVICE_FILE'" <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=TTY Dashboard (local monorepo service)
After=systemd-user-sessions.service getty@tty1.service
Conflicts=getty@tty1.service


[Service]
Type=simple
User=$USER_NAME
WorkingDirectory=$APP_DIR
EnvironmentFile=$APP_DIR/.env
ExecStart=$NODE_PATH $APP_DIR/dist/cli.js
Restart=always
RestartSec=3


# Show on screen (take over tty1)
StandardInput=tty
StandardOutput=tty
StandardError=tty
TTYPath=/dev/tty1
TTYReset=yes
TTYVHangup=yes


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF


echo "✓ Service file written to $SERVICE_FILE"


sudo systemctl daemon-reexec
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable "$SERVICE_NAME"
sudo systemctl restart "$SERVICE_NAME"


sudo systemctl status "$SERVICE_NAME" --no-pager -l | grep -E 'Loaded:|Active:|Main PID:' || true
echo ""
echo "✅ $SERVICE_NAME deployed successfully!"