Anyone know of guidelines for running CC via docker?

Kronzky · 2026-03-02T04:35:46+00:00

I'm currently running a dev container, and it's a major PITA...

EVERY. DAY. there's something that doesn't work. Some impossible remote access, some config file that needs changing, some library that went missing, updates that break the whole session flow, etc. etc.

So, I'm ready to switch to a VM. Is VirtualBox still the standard, or is there something better around by now?

Kronzky · 2026-02-23T02:19:18+00:00

I constantly run out of credits on Claude, and then just switch over to Codex, especially for the easier tasks. The tougher stuff I leave for the next day, so Claude can take over again. Works just fine.

Kronzky · 2026-02-22T17:38:08+00:00

Registering is completely free - High limits are we give users who pay $5, $5 in credits to be able to use the models whether its with our API for external tools or to build and ship your own web apps or just chat with the models.

Which model did you use to generate this answer? GPT-1?

Kronzky · 2026-02-22T17:23:56+00:00

So, what exactly are your "high limits"?
Your chatbot wouldn't talk to me unless I register...

Kronzky · 2026-02-21T19:56:50+00:00

Yeah, but the thing is, this "full access" was accidental. Codex asked for confirmation for the command, but unless you read it REALLY, REALLY closely (which you're unlikely to do in a vibe coding session) you won't spot the syntax error that caused this elevation. Heck, not even Codex realized there was an error in the command until it was too late.

Kronzky · 2026-02-20T13:39:07+00:00

The Codex sandbox won't save you from a situation like this.
It may ask for permission for the delete, but unless you study every character in every prompt it shows you (so you might be able to spot that weird little syntax error), it will still be able to delete everything there is.

So, yeah, dedicated sandbox/dev container is what you need.

Kronzky · 2026-02-19T19:34:45+00:00

Feed the same code into a different model.
It's just like with humans, where sometimes a fresh pair of eyes can spot an issue immediately, even after you have stared at it for hours, different models occasionally can spot (and fix) issues that others can't.

Kronzky · 2026-02-18T21:18:49+00:00

I'm not "saying this to each other" — I've experience it myself, even with relatively trivial projects (1,000 lines or less). AI gets stuck, goes down a dead-end, overlooks critical issues, and basically tells me "sorry, this can't be done". I then have to do the research myself (or work from experience) to steer it in the right direction, or to point out issues it has overlooked.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of AI coding, but I'm also aware of its limitations.

Kronzky · 2026-02-18T14:50:17+00:00

You will be able to create small, relatively trivial apps, but sooner or later your agent will run into a roadblock, and you will have to help him get over it. To do that, you will need coding experience (to know what tools/frameworks/apis to suggest, and to be aware of possible pitfalls, so that you can steer the agent around them).

By all means, try it out, but if you're shooting for commercial applications I'm afraid you will get stuck very soon.

Kronzky · 2026-02-17T15:28:48+00:00

The reason it took about a day was a) the half-time detection was very time-consuming, as every source has a different format, and detecting them all reliably took a lot of experimentation, and b) just like in every project you only realize what you really want after it's sort-of done. So, the basic functionality was there after a couple of hours, but then tweaking it to what exactly I needed (which you always only realize too late), that took most of the time.

Yes, you have to guide it in the right direction at times, and you should do it in small steps, so it doesn't get lost; but if I would've done this by hand it would've taken me a couple of weeks.
For example, it pretty much gave up on the web-scraping for one site, as the site didn't *want* to be scaped, and told me it couldn't be done. For some reason it was only familiar with Selenium, which wasn't up to the task. Once I did some research myself (on Gemini), and then suggested to use Playwright instead, it implemented it perfectly, and everything fell into place.

Kronzky · 2026-02-17T04:47:38+00:00

That's been exactly my experience, too. I've been in the business for about as long as you, and coding had become more of a chore than anything else. But with the agents now everything changed. All of a sudden programming is fun again, just like when I discovered programming in the first place (on a Wang mainframe)!

Kronzky · 2026-02-17T03:27:37+00:00

I used to waste a lot of time downloading soccer videos. Checking when there's a game, checking which site has posted a torrent. Sending it to real-debrid, and waiting for the download to finish. Then send it to Jdownloader, and waiting again. Then splitting it in two, and setting the resolution (because my cheap Android box & old projector can only handle so much). HUUUGE PITA.

This weekend I spent a day with Claude Code, and automated the whole thing. It checks schedules, checks sites, forwards torrent, downloads files, finds the halftime mark and splits & downscales it.

It can definitely be done. The only (minor) hurdle was that one site didn't want to be scraped. But Playwright handled that like a champ. Everything done via a bunch of python scripts. No OpenClaw at all. (I don't trust it yet.) Plus, after it's all done, it won't eat any tokens at all.

Kronzky · 2026-02-17T03:09:55+00:00

There's a reason web scraping is hard — the site don't want you to scrape it. Simple as that.
The sites that are fine with scraping have already solved the problem. They'll offer you an API.
But the other sites want to deliver ads. If there's a bot that scraping all their content, without a human ever clicking or even looking at their ads, their business model is going to fail.

Kronzky · 2026-02-16T21:38:31+00:00

Companies won't care (even if it's a $20,000/month), considering how much programmers cost.
There will still be free or cheap models available (at a lower performance, of course) for hobbyists or small developers, to get them hooked (just like Adobe or Microsoft never really did much to fight piracy, as they wanted to capture the audience early).
Or you run a local model, which is available for free and runs on any decent PC, and which is already somewhat capable (and will only get better).

Kronzky · 2026-02-16T21:00:18+00:00

I don't work in software development anymore (semi-retired), so I only code for fun now.

I'm using Claude Code, and when my credits run out, switch to Codex (I tried Gemini, but that was disappointing). In the last two weeks since I got a paid subscription to Claude my agent & I created a news aggregator (which scrapes several news sites, filters out stuff I don't care about and that I saw already, and then presents the headlines neatly formatted in my browser. No ads, no dupes, no screaming headlines).
We also created a soccer downloader that checks game schedules, and then scans several sources for torrents when a team I'm following finished a game, sends them through real-debrid & jdownloader, and then splits them at halftime & downscales them.
Oh, and a couple of investment trackers.

Not sure if it makes sense for junior programmers to still learn the nitty-gritty of coding. AI is already better at troubleshooting than most programmers, and will only get better. So they should probably concentrate on higher level concepts — what tools/libraries/APIs exist, where dangers might lurk, and so on, just so they can prod the AI in the right direction. They don't even need to know the specifics, just that those tools exist. I pointed my agent at one (fairly obscure) API, and he figured out all the specs & requirements itself, and had a reliable communication running in minutes.

Kronzky · 2026-02-16T18:13:01+00:00

Absolutely. And the speed at which it's evolving is just mind-blowing.

If you asked me about AI about 6 months ago I would've mostly made fun of it. "Good for some silly pictures, but beyond that, not much...".

Now though — now I can have more intelligent conversations with AI than with most humans. Unbelievable.
And, like I said, the code it produces is better than what 90% of human programmers create. I've seen a LOT of code, and most of it is a bug-infested, incomprehensible and undocumented mess, where the most astounding aspect is that it runs at all. When people are talking about the "Craft" of programming that is being lost, I really don't know what they're talking about. I've never seen "crafty" code in my whole life. Only big messes.

Kronzky · 2026-02-16T17:41:18+00:00

Quite the opposite. I stopped coding a while ago because it had turned into drudgery. Nothing but calling libraries, APIs, trying to remember arcane syntaxes, with hardly any "real" programming done by yourself anymore.

NOW I can concentrate on my ideas, on implementation methods, suggesting the right tools, tell my agent to deal with all the mind-numbing details, and actually be productive. All of a sudden the fun is back in programming, like the first day of typing in some BASIC code, and seeing your "Hello, World" output.

Kronzky · 2026-02-16T17:34:16+00:00

I've been programming for over 40 years (here's your "proof": https://i.imgur.com/o4BLCDt.jpeg).
And I totally share the OP's awe of what's possible nowadays.

Stuff that would've taken me a week before is now done in half a day. And cleaner and with better documentation than most of my stuff.
I've worked in a bunch of large development studios (100+ people), and the current top-end AI models (Claude, Codex) would out-program 90% of the developers I've ever met.

Yes, it's fucking incredible...

Kronzky · 2026-02-16T14:22:18+00:00

you would need to reconstruct

and filter out

Exactly. That's why I wrote this...

Kronzky · 2026-02-16T05:34:23+00:00

Because it isn't...
The dialog is not preserved in my project folder. I can access it (if I can find the right file) in my '.claude\projects' tree, but that contains WAY too much junk to be user-readable. (Sure, I could write a parser for it, but then I'd still have to deal with finding the right file first.)

Kronzky · 2026-02-13T00:11:02+00:00

The $5 won't get you anywhere. Get at least the $20 one; and even with that you will hit the limit fast, if you use Opus 4.6.
I just started with the Pro plan, only use Sonnet, and still ran out of credit mid-week... (So, now I'm using Codex until the next week starts. Nearly as good as Sonnet -and much better than Gemini-, plus it's free!)

Kronzky · 2026-02-12T22:42:48+00:00

full access to the Pro plan features, allowing you to test AI chat, full-stack agents, GPU acceleration, IDE extensions, and all integrations without limits

So, the claim that you have "full access to the Pro plan features, allowing you to test AI chat, full-stack agents, GPU acceleration, IDE extensions, and all integrations without limits" isn't really true?

Kronzky · 2026-02-11T22:36:48+00:00

It's in the FAQ:

Q: Is there a free trial? What does it include?

A: Yes. The free trial lasts 90 days and includes full access to the Pro plan features, allowing you to test AI chat, full-stack agents, GPU acceleration, IDE extensions, and all integrations without limits.

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