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The argument is that people driving will each buy a lot though, not a single toothbrush. So 100 people driving will deliver as many trucks and would drive much less overall

Checkout https://shellbox.dev for exactly thisnusecase: boxes can be stopped, they are snapshotted to disk then cost just $0.5/month. They wakeup with the same state (memory and processes too) on ssh connections, or web endpoint activity, or just just a cron schedule. When you dont need the box... Just delete it and stop paying. No subscription, managed via ssh

An interesting alternative: https://shellbox.dev - manage linux vms via ssh, pay only for what you use. It is much cheaper, no subscription is needed, supports nested virt, docker, custom images, duplication of boxes, gives an ipv6, auto-stop on optional auto stop on disconnect, wakeup on web endpoint hit, email endpoint, exposed ipv6, and more. Parked boxes are just $0.5/month. Create small or large boxes up to 16vcpu with 32gb ram and 400gb hdd

In exe.dev you have a subscription and you get some constant compute, paid whether used or not. that compute is shared between the vms. In shellbox every box has its own dedicated compute and if you don't use any, you don't pay.

Shellbox also gives an ipv6, an email endpoint, wakeup on the web endpoint, it supports nested virtualization, docker, etc. And... it is much cheaper even if you use it 24/7. Ahh and also you can send ssh exec commands, ssh forwarding, and more. It is "real" linux, like you get on classical vps providers

Anchor based editing requires injecting new anchors to the context, and dirac does so via a diff. So how is this more efficient (token-wise) than search and replace?? Even at a single token per hash. Also, code is read more than written so these just add up. I experimented once with stable anchors, albeit longer than a single token, and found it a downgrade.

My conclusion is that the efficiency dirac sees comes mainly from showing file skeleton by default

There are plenty of alternatives out there. I built https://shellbox.dev, which gives you instant vms via ssh where unlike exe you pay only for what you use-- scale to zero. It is also regular linux, supporting vscode and zed remote, Nested virtualization, etc.

If you're looking to invest im fine with only $5M :)