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Self-Host Weekly (11 September 2026)
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Self-Host Weekly (11 September 2026)
selfh.st/weekly/2026-09-11/Replying to @theorychapter@sh.itjust.works
Self-Host Weekly is sponsored by Coder. AI coding agents run on your laptop with your credentials, your network access, and no record of what they touched. Coder is open source and gives every agent a self-hosted workspace you define in Terraform, so your code never leaves the machines you own.
Nasty. I thought this was satire at first and had to read it back.
Replying to @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
Seriously. I had to read that five times to see if I was missing sarcasm. What a fucking awful product.
Replying to @trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Can you help me understand why this is awful?
Replying to @chris@links.openriver.net
If you’re serious… Essentially their AI impersonates you with impunity and keeps no records of what it’s done. Its a fucking security nightmare at best.
Replying to @Crackhappy@lemmy.world
I was reading this as the solution or safeguard against that problem.
Replying to @chris@links.openriver.net
I’m a dumbass and totally misread it. You’re right, it’s the solution, not the problem. I downvoted myself for being a moron.
Replying to @Crackhappy@lemmy.world
You’re not a dumbass, it’s just poorly-written.
Replying to @chris@links.openriver.net
Good catch
Replying to @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
From the newsletter:
no record of what they touched
From the site:
Centralized model access and policy-controlled environments with full observability and auditability across all AI usage.
We might have some wires crossed somewhere.
The first quote is a dig at their competitors. The second quote is a description of the solution their project provides.
Replying to @moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com
I’m guessing the blurb was provided by coder and not written by the author. Like someone else said, it could’ve been worded better.
Replying to @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
Coder has a credential proxy in the control plane. It makes it better since credentials never enter or leave the container.