exe.dev's durable cloud sandboxes win over devs: SSH in, code from anywhere, with built-in agent Shelley
davidcrawshaw · x · 2026-09-06
exe.dev offers persistent, SSH-first cloud sandboxes for developers and AI agents: you buy a pool of CPU/RAM/disk, get root on durable VMs, and get a built-in coding agent called Shelley.
- Real users report fully remote coding workflows — switching devices or closing the laptop without losing progress.
- Filippo Valsorda says he vibecoded a FIPS 140 validation backoffice with Opus 4.5 without ever reading the code.
- Reception is polarized: Discord users praise the polish and phone-based coding; Hacker News mocked the website.
Worth watching for anyone wanting a "your own dev machine in the cloud + AI coding" workflow.
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