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> Task declares the container image and command, compute requests and limits, environment variables [...] Declares listeners the task exposes and an egress allo

by dmix 7d ago

> Task declares the container image and command, compute requests and limits, environment variables [...] Declares listeners the task exposes and an egress allowlist of hosts and ports the sandbox may reach. Use it to restrict an agent to, say, your LLM provider and your Git host. I'm planning to buy a whole linux mini-PC to run my agents/code servers for more isolation. Codex/Claude Code let you run prompts on code over ssh (same with most IDEs) even on the desktop apps. I wonder if that's going to be the new standard practice. You get a work laptop and an isolated agent box. Running access control and network whitelists is always a maintenance challenge and it's easy to make mistakes.

dbmikus 7d ago
I think it will be, but I don't think you need a standalone machine! If you run things inside a VM, you can get safety and control over access and networks A standalone machine is nice if you need more compute resources or if you want an always-on machine you can connect to from your laptop, phone, etc. It doesn't look like Google's AX is quite the plug-and-play fit for running agents on a computer you own, since it requires setting up a K8S cluster, etc. I think what's needed is something like a zero-setup combo of Tailscale and Firecracker I'm trying to work towards that with my startup (https://github.com/gofixpoint/amika https://github.com/gofixpoint/amika) but the bring-your-own-computer part doesn't work quite yet.
srcreigh 7d ago
I have 6 and ended up needing to use my gaming PC for a build server. I think you could get by with 1 computer, but it’ll have to have a pretty decent machine. Between agents running tests, CI, docker image builds, an average $400 mini PC won’t cut it. Don’t forget also many older mini PCs don’t support KVM. Some newer ones don’t support AVX/ mongodb. It’s not so easy to buy any old hardware sadly.
- dmix 7d ago
  You might be right, it likely needs a full proper PC setup with the test suite stuff. I was looking at this vendor, https://www.gmktec.com/collections/all https://www.gmktec.com/collections/all there's this whole AI mini-pc market but they aren't quite a full dev machine replacement
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- petesergeant 7d ago
  I’m running ~5 agents at a time very comfortably on a $280 mini PC with 8GB. They’re all in Docker containers, a couple have sidecar VMs they can own and run. Not having any issue with load.
  - justincormack 7d ago
    Depends a lot on your workload. I build large Rust projects so really only one can build and test at a time.
drejt 7d ago
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by dmix 7d ago

dbmikus 7d ago

I think it will be, but I don't think you need a standalone machine! If you run things inside a VM, you can get safety and control over access and networks A standalone machine is nice if you need more compute resources or if you want an always-on machine you can connect to from your laptop, phone, etc. It doesn't look like Google's AX is quite the plug-and-play fit for running agents on a computer you own, since it requires setting up a K8S cluster, etc. I think what's needed is something like a zero-setup combo of Tailscale and Firecracker I'm trying to work towards that with my startup (https://github.com/gofixpoint/amika https://github.com/gofixpoint/amika) but the bring-your-own-computer part doesn't work quite yet.

srcreigh 7d ago

I have 6 and ended up needing to use my gaming PC for a build server. I think you could get by with 1 computer, but it’ll have to have a pretty decent machine. Between agents running tests, CI, docker image builds, an average $400 mini PC won’t cut it. Don’t forget also many older mini PCs don’t support KVM. Some newer ones don’t support AVX/ mongodb. It’s not so easy to buy any old hardware sadly.

dmix 7d ago
You might be right, it likely needs a full proper PC setup with the test suite stuff. I was looking at this vendor, https://www.gmktec.com/collections/all https://www.gmktec.com/collections/all there's this whole AI mini-pc market but they aren't quite a full dev machine replacement
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petesergeant 7d ago
I’m running ~5 agents at a time very comfortably on a $280 mini PC with 8GB. They’re all in Docker containers, a couple have sidecar VMs they can own and run. Not having any issue with load.
- justincormack 7d ago
  Depends a lot on your workload. I build large Rust projects so really only one can build and test at a time.

drejt 7d ago

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