Agents in the Cloud describes a workflow and tooling to run coding agents and developer environments in isolated cloud machines instead of on a laptop. It pitches a reproducible, fresh environment for each task that includes a browser-based editor, terminal, and model-powered agents so work can continue with the laptop closed and a usable mobile experience when on the go. The offering is positioned as free and open source, model-agnostic and subscription-agnostic, with two main deployment routes: on a local Mac or on a server, and an emphasis on using a separate host (Hetzner, DigitalOcean, or even a closet machine) for better capacity.
Concrete details show a developer workflow - editing code, running tests, and iterating with an agent - illustrated by a flaky login test example, file diffs, and passing test output. Installation is a one-line curl | bash script with a note to read the installer first, and the documentation recommends using Tailscale to connect your dev machine, choosing a beefy server, or running on a Raspberry Pi. Topic pages cover remote development, evaluating agent work, security and secrets, mobile usage, and mental-bandwidth protection. Feedback is directed to @lucasmeijer.
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