We've re-invented GNU screen in the most inefficient way imaginable

Toutouxc 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well it DOES have less storage than a Nomad (hence lame), but this way you don't need to pay for a public IP address, or for a VPS to run Wireguard on, or for a commercial VPN solution, and then install a terminal emulator on your phone and set up SSH keys.

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ryanmcl 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Fair point technically, but I think the value proposition isn't the persistent session, rathere it's the abstraction layer. Screen/tmux assumes you know what commands to run. This assumes you know what outcome you want. For someone like me who came to coding late and doesn't have 20 years of muscle memory with terminal tools, the inefficiency in transport is more than offset by the efficiency in intent. Different tools for different people.

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block_dagger 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That’s not at all how this works. Commands are relayed through Anthropic’s servers with a client polling mechanism.

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reverius42 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Right, that's the "most inefficient way possible" (though personally I disagree, there are more inefficient ways to be found).

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bandrami 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You could put the transport protocol on the blockchain, I suppose

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throwaw12 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You are making me more creative.

we can upload snapshot of zip files to blockchain, then notify customer via servers

	▲	wild_egg 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm probably 10 years out of date. Are ethereum smart contracts still a thing? I'm sure you could deploy one of those for every agent session to handle the notifications

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bandrami 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, that's a significantly less efficient way to manage persistent sessions

	▲	63stack 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm pretty sure "how do we disallow running our agents in screen sessions" is on a jira board at some places

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petesergeant 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I’m running the agent in tmux in a colo. When I’m at a computer I use that, when I’m on the go the RC app is more convenient