Build apps or SSH into a persistent Linux VM. ssh exe.dev.
Proxies all the way down.
A couple of days ago, exe.dev raised a lot of money1. I decided to poke around with it a little, and signed up. Their trial is 7 days long, so despite having no actual plans, I just started doing stuff. In doing so, I noticed a few interesting things that I thought were worth a quick writeup: I didn’t have to configure an SSH key to be able to ssh exe.dev. I could SSH to my VM despite not having a unique IP and no support for SNI in SSH. The GitHub Integration, which allowed me to clone private repositories, didn’t require any host-side configuration. The second item, SSH with non-unique IPs, despite SSH having no host header or SNI equivalent, is already covered by exe.dev themselves, so I won’t go through it here2. The other two, I want to run through quickly.
Why exe.dev VMs are persistent - exe.dev blog
On the design decision to make VMs persistent, with persistent disks.
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GitHub - rapier1/hpn-ssh: HPN-SSH based on OpenSSH
HPN-SSH based on OpenSSH. Contribute to rapier1/hpn-ssh development by creating an account on GitHub.
shellbox - Instant Linux Boxes via SSH
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Vercel Sandbox
Vercel Sandbox allows you to run arbitrary code in isolated, ephemeral Linux VMs.
Remote Builds - Nix Reference Manual
Nix supports remote builds, where a local Nix installation can forward Nix builds to other machines. This allows multiple builds to be performed in parallel and allows Nix to perform multi-platform builds in a semi-transparent way. For instance, if you perform a build for a x86_64-darwin on an i686-linux machine, Nix can automatically forward the build to a x86_64-darwin machine, if available.
Deploy your apps with a git push
/dev/push is an open source alternative to Vercel and Render, allowing you to deploy your apps straight from GitHub.
An Excruciatingly Detailed Guide To SSH (But Only The Things I Actually Find Useful)
Oh you like SSH? Name every flag.
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