Tag
David Crawshaw, ex-CTO of Tailscale, discusses why virtual machines are a better abstraction than containers for AI agents, and shares insights on building a new cloud provider called exe.
The article explains why average CPU utilization is a misleading metric for latency-sensitive workloads, using queueing theory and a real-world production incident. It argues for more nuanced monitoring approaches.
The author argues that building agent infrastructure requires both the speed of containers and the safety of VMs, highlighting AWS Firecracker as a solution that combines both.
The article discusses the Copy Fail exploit, a security vulnerability that affects Podman rootless containers.
OpenAI released a major update to the Agents SDK, introducing a Codex-style runtime framework, separation of sandbox and runtime, memory, skills, and other features. It also launched managed Shell tools, container endpoints, a skills API, and a TypeScript version, aiming to simplify building and deploying production-grade agents.