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pathly··on Launch HN: Agent37 (YC F26) – Low-cost agent sandboxes for running agents
This is really impressive work on the infrastructure side. Skipping hyperscalers like AWS for Hetzner/OVH is definitely a massive lever, but your choice of gVisor for memory overcommit is where this gets technically interesting. A few questions on the implementation: • Memory & Density: Since gVisor allows you to share memory without reserving a full VM's allocation, how are you handling noisy neighbors if multiple sandboxes spike in RAM usage simultaneously? Are you using specific cgroups configurations or out-of-memory (OOM) killer tuning to prevent one sandbox from crashing the host? • Storage Persistence: You mentioned that files stay with the agent across sessions. How are you handling the storage layer efficiently at $0.05–$0.10/user? Are you using localized NVMe storage with networked backups, or something like ceph/block storage? • Cold Starts: When a sandbox wakes up from auto-sleep, what is the exact latency for the user? Congrats on the launch and the pivot from a simple wrapper to a real infrastructure play!
pathly··on Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe
Hey, but if there's no security on an entry point, that's a security vulnerability—so even if it's no longer being updated, that's outrageous.