Developers Say Local Agents Hijack Desktops, Call for VM or Cloud Isolation

Developer Gergely Orosz complains that locally running agents open browser windows and apps, disrupting desktop work, and argues they should be isolated in VMs or the cloud. Many developers are now running Codex and other agents in VMs, cloud environments, or spare Mac minis.

2026-09-08 ~ 2026-09-08 · 2 related posts

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