The surprising attention on sprites, exe.dev, and shellbox
Summary
Three cloud-based developer sandboxes—exe.dev, sprites, and shellbox—are gaining traction for fast, sandboxed Linux environments with AI-enabled tooling. The piece evaluates pricing, hardware limits, and UX, arguing these services accelerate prototyping and end-to-end development while highlighting trade-offs such as latency and onboarding friction. It concludes that exe.dev is best for solo developers, with sprites and shellbox offering different strengths for teams and experiments.