The surprising attention on sprites, exe.dev, and shellbox - Lalit Maganti

kept by eddie jan 29

New services like exe.dev, sprites, and shellbox succeed not on price or specs, but by offering frictionless, sandboxed cloud VMs for AI-driven developers who want fast prototyping and instant web service sharing.

The Design & Implementation of Sprites
Fly.io built Sprites, disposable Linux VMs that create in seconds by ditching containers, using S3-backed storage with NVMe caching, and running orchestration inside each VM.
also on Fly.io, #cloud-computing, Claude Code, #user-experience, #developer-tools
Kilo launches KiloClaw, allowing anyone to deploy hosted OpenClaw agents into production in 60 seconds
Kilo launches KiloClaw, a managed service that deploys production-ready OpenClaw agents in under 60 seconds without requiring users to provision hardware or VPS.
also on Fly.io, #cloud-computing, #developer-tools
I am building a cloud
exe.dev, co-founded by a Tailscale founder, offers SSH-accessible VMs for $20/month, aiming to simplify cloud infrastructure for AI agents.
also on exe.dev, Hetzner, #cloud-computing, #developer-tools
crawshaw - 2026-02-08
AI coding agents have improved dramatically in the past year, now writing 90% of code, causing IDEs to wane as he returns to Vi.
also on exe.dev, Claude Code, #user-experience, #ai-coding, #developer-tools
A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer - Roman Imankulov
A fake recruiter sent a LinkedIn job candidate a GitHub repo with a backdoor that executes on npm install by running a remote-controlled command payload hidden in a test file.
also on Hetzner, #ai-coding, #developer-tools