Hamel Husain: stop keeping your laptop open for agents, use ssh or Codex remote
HamelHusain · x · 2026-10-03
Well-known AI engineer Hamel Husain calls out a common workflow anti-pattern: keeping your laptop open just so agent tasks keep running.
- His advice: ssh into a machine, or use Codex's remote feature with a Mac mini, decoupling the dev environment from your laptop.
- His verdict is blunt: if you've been stuck in "I need to keep my laptop open" more than three times, continuing this insanity is crazy.
A practical tip on choosing runtime environments for long-running AI agent tasks.
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