Fly.io launched Sprites, lightweight persistent VMs built on AWS Firecracker designed to safely isolate AI coding agents. Unlike ephemeral environments, Sprites maintain state between sessions while shutting down when idle, starting up in 1-12 seconds. They address security risks of running AI agents directly on developer
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