AgentsInTheCloud author on the sandbox tradeoff: safer agents that can't set your secrets
lucasmeijer · x · 2026-10-10
- Indie developer Lucas Meijer explains a design tradeoff in his project AgentsInTheCloud: sandboxing agents feels safe, but limits their helpfulness — they can't set up secrets or diagnose config problems for you.
- He also considered a "master agent that can see everything" but found it awkward and hard to explain to users.
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