VCN #43: Cattle, Not Pets

Join us for VCN #43: Cattle, Not Pets, a hands-on build night where you can explore the world of ephemeral VMs!

What’s Happening?

Stop treating your development box like a pet! Instead, it's time to manage your agent tasks like cattle — disposable and efficient. Here's what we'll cover:

🔧 The Walkthrough

Learn about Firecracker microVMs, Lima, and Multipass. Understand when to choose a full VM over a container sandbox, and how to use cloud-init for bootstrapping your box.

💡 The Pattern

Discover the lifecycle of spinning up an ephemeral VM per agent task. We’ll walk through each phase: spin fresh, run your agent, and tear down.

🛠️ Build Your Own

In a hands-on hour, write a script that creates a fresh throwaway VM, executes your agent task inside it (on Nebius Token Factory credits), and destroys it once done. Watch as Claude Code on z.ai drives the agent in the box!

🎉 Demos + Social

Show off your spin-and-destroy script and compare snapshots, boot times, and teardown times with your peers.

What to Bring:

• Your laptop
• An agent task you wish to run in full isolation

📅 Schedule:

• Doors: 7 PM
• Walkthrough: 7:30 PM

Venue:

Location: Frontier Tower 🧑‍🚀, Floor 10

Hosted By:

Vibe Coding Nights: Rayyan Zahid (Immersive Commons), Michalis Vasileiadis (Hacker Bob), Eric Mockler (AI Geneticist), Devinder Sodhi (Learning Layer Labs).

Facilitator: Rayyan Zahid

Guest Speaker: To Be Determined (Open Call)

Special Note:

Frontier Tower members: Your ticket is on us! DM Ray directly for a members-only free RSVP.
Ensure your agent can run in a box you can throw away. RSVP here to secure your spot!

Don’t miss this chance to dive into the future of development environments!