The compute provider says customers no longer pay for idle CPU, which it estimates cuts CPU costs by 51% to 68% for most workloads, from coding agents to always-on environments. Why it matters: Running idle-heavy agent sandboxes gets much chea...
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boxd now bills only for CPU actually used
The compute provider says customers no longer pay for idle CPU, which it estimates cuts CPU costs by 51% to 68% for most workloads, from coding agents to always-on environments. Why it matters: Running idle-heavy agent sandboxes gets much chea...
The compute provider says customers no longer pay for idle CPU, which it estimates cuts CPU costs by 51% to 68% for most workloads, from coding agents to always-on environments. Why it matters: Running idle-heavy agent sandboxes gets much cheaper. Original post on X Section: Updates & Announcements
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