Developers weigh running sandboxes on a Mac mini via apple/container to halve Modal bills
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-10-13
Two developers compare the economics of pooling CPUs versus buying one bigger machine. @andersonbcdefg considers running 1-2 sandboxes on a Mac mini with apple/container to shave half off his Modal bill; Zach Mueller is doing similar math. A classic cost-saving move swapping consumer hardware for cloud sandbox spend.
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