alt Hacker NewsOn one hand it sounds cool. On the other, I feel like I missed it.
Is this just a fancy VPS like digital ocean with, https endpoint, snapshot and restore?
(Same thing goes for exe.dev)
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roncesvalles • today at 3:10 AM
Basically endgame VPS. Instant creation, snapshotting, restore. Actually quite impressive even if you don't buy the whole Claude spiel.
zackify • today at 12:57 AM
I wonder the same thing. What’s so different than your own vps and using lxd to create a container. Make two bash aliases and wow you can go in and out quickly and recreate it with one command.
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Yes, plus:
* Near-instant creation
* Automatic spin-down scale-to-zero, so you're not paying for it when it's not in use.
If you're using these like we are internally, you've got like 2 dozen of them sitting around in the background sleeping. They're BIC disposable computers. "When in doubt just make another one."