He ditched Codespaces for exedev: 50 VMs, no per-VM charge, agents on tap
swaroopch · x · 2026-09-17
The author abandoned GitHub Codespaces years ago due to slow VM spin-up, heavy upfront config, and always-on cost, and rebuilt his personal cloud-agent setup on exedev.
- Billing model is the standout: up to 50 VMs with no per-VM charge, sharing his plan's CPU/RAM pool
- New VMs boot in seconds and can be set up via a prompt to Shelley
- Actual architecture: one VM for PKM (notes + AI chat), separate VMs for coding agents and harnesses
Related event: Developer Runs Agents on exedev Cloud Box After Ditching Codespaces(2 posts)→
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