Comment on: Show HN: Boxes.dev: ditch localhost; run Claude Code and Codex in the cloud
by cadamsdotcom
Hello gents, some quick feedback.I think when you say “ditch localhost” you’re telling me to ditch my fast, instant-response laptop which I own and can peg the CPU of 24/7 for $0, in favour of a tiny cloud VM that I rent forever.Your infra to run agents and builds for me is compared in my mind to a shell script an agent wrote a year ago and I reviewed once, that fires up my dev server and a local psql (5-10mb ram) on a dynamically allocated port hashed off the name of my current worktree, which it does so it doesn’t clash with other parallel work.When the internet slows or dies I rarely notice.As a cost conscious person who likes it when letters appear as I type, I think I might not be your ICP.Am I being an asshole? Maybe. Am I going out of my way to tell you what goes on in the minds of people like me when we see offerings like this? Also maybe.
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Posted: Jun 4, 2026
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