Slash Your Modal Sandbox Bill With a Mac Mini? Devs Weigh Cost vs Privacy
andersonbcdefg · x · 2026-10-13
andersonbcdefg considers running 1-2 agent sandboxes on a Mac mini via apple/container to halve his Modal bill. TheZachMueller cautions against it: privacy-sensitive users are better off renting or using existing CPUs, which can handle a few local sandboxes.
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