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Coding agents need isolation from the developer's machine
The author warns that agents iterating by running generated code can modify the development machine's configuration, not just the project. Engineers building coding-agent workflows should consider where execution happens and what host access the agent gets.
- What
- The post describes VSCode remote editing over SSH, where a remote agent connects to the VSCode front end and can run shell processes and edit files.
- How
- A Bash snippet stager downloads the agent and Node; the agent uses port-forwarded SSH and WebSockets to connect back to VSCode.
- Why it matters
- The author warns that agents can alter machine configuration as readily as project code and argues for running them in clean-slate Linux environments.
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