Cloud agents should run on a persistent machine, not a new sandbox for every PR
aidenybai · x · 2026-07-23
The author argues that cloud agents are being built the wrong way.
Instead of spinning up an ephemeral sandbox per PR, they want a persistent machine with credentials and long-lived context that agents can use for real work, including creating PRs. The point is to optimize for primary work, not automation chores.
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