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Comment · 9 days ago

In this vein, Anthropic's sandbox-runtime [0] has struck a good balance between security and convenience. Simple config, filesystem and network restrictions, and credential masking make me comfortable running Pi in YOLO mode.

Though I'm often running into frustrating (albeit intentional) sandbox restrictions with common workflows e.g. xcode/swift and Docker access.

Would love suggestions for how to give agents access to those kinds of tooling inside the sandbox, either with srt or an alternative (with similar convenience characteristics).

[0] https://github.com/anthropics/sandbox-runtime

Comment · 2 months ago

> PS: Claude archives old conversations on your computer after 30days

Does adding this to your Claude settings.json not work anymore?

{ "cleanupPeriodDays": 99999 }

Comment · 2 months ago

I've been satisfied with using Pi inside of srt [0].

I launch with `srt pi` and get file system and network isolation. There is a seemingly infinite risk surface area to protect, but I think does a reasonable job of balancing security and convenience.

I've also heard good things about nono [1] from colleagues, but I haven't personally tried it out yet.

[0] https://github.com/anthropic-experimental/sandbox-runtime

[1] https://github.com/nolabs-ai/nono

Comment · 2 months ago

Doesn’t using the Anthropic subscription this way get charged as extra usage, and thus effectively billed at API rates?

Comment · 4 months ago

> The first that will be replaced are going to be those that are using AI mindlessly, because at that point, what are you besides a very expensive human LLM interface?

I think this archetype has a good chance of surviving. Not because of merit, but because they will be the only ones able and willing to work on projects taken over by AI slop.

I'm very much aligned with everything else you said.

Comment · 5 months ago

Only tangentially related, but does anyone know if it is possible to ‘paste’ images to an agent harness running inside a docker container?

My current workaround is to paste it inside the working directory on the host machine, then @ reference it, but would be nice to streamline that workflow.

Comment · 6 months ago

Alexander the Great visited it in 334 BC: https://greekreporter.com/2025/09/07/alexander-the-great-vis...

Edit: this was also mentioned in the article

Comment · 7 months ago

I added this to `~/.claude/settings.json`:

"env": { "CLAUDE_BASH_MAINTAIN_PROJECT_WORKING_DIR": "1" },

> Working directory persists across commands. Set CLAUDE_BASH_MAINTAIN_PROJECT_WORKING_DIR=1 to reset to the project directory after each command.

It reduces one problem - getting lost - but it trades it off for more complex commands on average since it has to specify the full path and/or `cd &&` most of the time.

[0] https://code.claude.com/docs/en/tools-reference#bash-tool-be...

Comment · 7 months ago

Update: I gave it a try and it does exactly what I hoped. However one (minor) annoyance I immediately realized was that with `hex` enabled I will get this warning whenever I close the terminal window:

> The terminal still has a running process. If you close the terminal the process will be killed.

Hopefully there is a workaround for this (I'm using then Ghostty emulator).

Comment · 7 months ago

The PTY proxy looks pretty neat! Excited to give that a try.

Losing some of the scrollback was a minor nuisance that I kind of lived with until now.

Comment · 7 months ago

Sony WH1000XM5 headphones are my daily driver, mainly Zoom calls and music. I'm generally pretty happy with them, but one big gripe I have is when I'm on a call and briefly take off my headphones to e.g. chat with someone in the room, there is like a 90% chance they stop working and I have to reconnect them.

It happens so often I even wrote a script to switch to the MacBook internal speakers then back to the headphones.

I've used wired headphones before (and the Sony even has a wired option), but I didn't like how the cord was constantly getting the the way of my arms.

edit: Another big gripe is with the Bluetooth codec itself, and how the quality changes depending on if the mic is active.

Comment · 10 months ago

How are investments modeled in this system? e.g I buy $100 of an index fund which can fluctuate in value.

Comment · 10 months ago

I use the Raycast + Whisper Dictation. I don't think there is anything novel about it, but it integrates nicely into my workflow.

My main gripe is when the recording window loses focus, I haven't found a way to bring it back and continue the recorded session. So occasionally I have to start from scratch, which is particularly annoying if it happens during a long-winded brain dump.

Comment · 1 year ago

I worked for a company that went bankrupt. They ended up taking several thousand dollars out of my account to cover IIRC unpaid fees to the provider.