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Re: Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud

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Post by pickleglitch »

nab wrote: post #46
pickleglitch wrote: post #21

You can pry localhost from my cold dead hands.

Hahaha, it was a cheap shot :P The fun thing is that in some way it's a bit inaccurate. We auto port-forward ports from the remote machines to your localhost, so you can still just go to localhost:3000 or whatever, and it goes to whatever machine you have selected in the desktop app. We'll give you a browser in the mobile app too soon to hit "localhost" on mobile.

Yeah, no. I don't give a fuck about port forwarding to make a remote machine look like it's running on my localhost. I don't want to cede any more of my computing needs to the cloud than I absolutely have to. I like to own my hardware, not rent it.

Re: Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud

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Post by yencabulator »

alasano wrote: post #64
__natty__ wrote: post #5

Maybe I’m naive but the longest single workflow I ran was maybe 15 minutes. How do you steer agents to run “overnight”? And what is the quality of such execution?

I'm building https://engine.build It's meant for the implementation of well defined tasks/specs while orchestrating a review/fix/verify loop. Every day I have implementations running for hours non stop, it's simply the time it takes to get a proper and well reviewed implementation with LLMs imo.

Please stop spamming your project.

Re: Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud

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Post by ndegwaduncan »

pavelpilyak wrote: post #9

How does this handle MCP credentials - both for stdio servers that read tokens from local config, and for HTTP ones where harness holds an OAuth token? Either way those secrets end up in your cloud? Curious what the security model is

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Re: Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud

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Post by dregitsky »

mklifelife wrote: post #69

I've been using Codex for a small SaaS project recently.Curious whether running everything in the cloud changed your development speed or mainly improved collaboration.

Yes it definitely sped up development! The main wins were around parallelization and autonomy:

1) full isolation (filesystem + compute per thread) 2) agents having a working dev environment that runs our app 3) being able to close our laptops and check in from mobile

The combo of these meant we could fire and forget lot of parallel threads like "root cause and fix this bug: add logging, run app, get a repro, write fix, validate live" or "build this feature, test new workflows live, send screenshots" -- and then come back later to review & iterate.

You can get to a reasonable level of this with locally with git worktrees and the right project setup, but in the cloud you can really fly.

Re: Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud

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Post by cohix »

lancetipton wrote: post #70
cohix wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please do, interested to add Boxes as a runtime for awman, then workflows could execute in the cloud transparently.

Hey, I'm working on a project that does a similar thing, and I'd be interested in working together, if your up for it? You can learn more about it at https://www.threadedstack.com The project is not live yet, but will be in the next month. Check it out, and if you're interested let me know. Thank

I would certainly be interested. Please reach out to connorjhicks at gmail to discuss!

Re: Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud

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Post by cohix »

pploug wrote: post #68
cohix wrote: post #4

I really like the pricing model and focus on not shafting people by auto-sleeping when an agent is done working. I’ve been working on an [OSS TUI]( https://github.com/prettysmartdev/awman ) for managing agent execution and workflows in containers (local or remotely) and would love to collaborate if you’re interested.

Uh, this looks very nice - reminds me of a TUI version of Canopy, if you are interested, We've (docker) been working on a separate agent sandbox runtime called SBX built around a MicroVM with a private docker daemon inside, maybe there's potential for a collaboration to add support for this runtime - feel free to ping me: per(dot)krogslund(at)docker .com

I sent you an email!

Re: Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud

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Post by lavaman131 »

This is cool, I'll check it out. Do you guys think that there will still be some work that is done locally vs the cloud, how are you thinking about the split from what you've seen developers doing? I also agree with the fact that git worktrees can be super frustrating to manage especially across multiple agent sessions.
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