Built a distributed DNS server in ~a week. Rebuilt twice on purpose. Shipped -> went on vacation. DNS incidents a month later: 0. How we did it (hint: the answer isn't vibe-coding): blog.exe.dev/claude-is-no...

We're going to be sharing more about how people use exe to build cool stuff. First up—a conservationist who turned 40 terabytes of public data into a video game: blog.exe.dev/meet-the-con...

New episode of @fafo.fm with @crawshaw.io about @exe.dev scheduled for Monday Have some more outages included in the newsletter. If you like reading those kinds of things subscribe at sub.fafo.fm

Setting up Gerrit on @exe.dev with X-ExeDev-Email auth took 60s! However, that doesn't make git work. I hacked together a little proxy that does a tiny amount of OAuth2, exchanging exe.dev auth in the browser for a token that works with git-credential-oauth.

I’ve been considering buying a new Mac mini or Mac Studio (yes, yes… I’m aware of the price increases) but after reading this I might just stick with my MacBook Air and just use @exe.dev

While we validate a kernel change for januscape (CVE-2026-53359), we have disable nested KVM across our fleet for individuals and teams without dedicated hardware. We will restore nested KVM in a rolling release as soon as we can. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Behind the scenes on how the exe.dev iOS app was built: blog.exe.dev/ios-developm.... Step 1: buy mac mini. Step 2: give Shelley access to simulator. Step 3: over the air updates, Step 4: prompt app into existence from itself. Also, gratuitous profiler. boldsoftware.github.io/public_html/...

Me, reaping: *startled* *fart noises emanating from Mac* TEN MIN PRIOR Me, sowing: "Shelley, build an iPad sound machine; test with the simulator." THIRTY MIN PRIOR "I learned how to build iPad apps at work; kids, what shall we make?" TODAY exe.dev has an iOS app blog.exe.dev/ios

I have a lot of the same feelings about @exe.dev. It’s made side projects feel manageable and fun again, especially after mostly running on k8s (which I have a lot of love for, it’s just Big™️ for side projects)

My first self-hosted server lived on zort.org in the early days of the internet. Letting that domain go is one of my more lasting regrets. exe.dev brings back the feeling, but sadly not the domain. New blog: samihonkonen.com/posts/a-love...

Really enjoying @exe.dev so far. Create a VM in seconds, and then you can use a coding agent via a web interface on the box to quickly get stuff setup. I went from nothing to deployed postgres on one VM, a Rails app in another, with tailscale to network them in a few minutes.

became an instant fan of @exe.dev 🤩

We're excited to welcome @exe.dev founders @crawshaw.io and @commaok.xyz to the portfolio. exe.dev lets devs quickly stand up affordable, secure VMs without the need for complex configuration or authentications, or for an enormous cloud bill. www.heavybit.com/press/heavyb...

Series A: blog.exe.dev/series-a

There was no good way to see what CT logs are actually used by CAs, so I made a dashboard of @censys.bsky.social data on @exe.dev. groups.google.com/a/chromium.o...

Copy-on-write VMs are useful!

To serve, stick around.

A different article than usual, focused on a new hosting service that recently came out: ssh exe.dev www.bitecode.dev/p/exedev-a-n... TL;DR: the value is far away from OVH or Hetzner, but so it’s damn convenient and frankly, super fun. And I’m not saying that because we share the same .tld

I think I'm beginning to get @exe.dev Your ideas can go into shelley instead of into the bottomless "some day" idea pit. And tailor-made software for a userbase of you and/or your friends is a reality now. Supported by what feels like the best UX for VMs in the world. Beautiful! 🤌🏼🤌🏼

Happy Valentine’s Day!

‘cp’ is a bit like repost, if you had an edit button

This was the first time I tried @exe.dev It's pretty neat 👍 I own enough compute that I don't need to pay for the service, but I really like the UX.

ssh exe.dev