Ghost.charity: Temporary Disposable Cloud Machines for Ephemeral Work
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DO-SAY-GO
1mo ago· 2 min readen
65/100
Toasty
Bagelometer↗
A good honest bake. Not flashy, but you'll finish the whole bagel.
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Summary
Ghost is a service that provides temporary, disposable cloud machines (called "Ghostboxes") for running work tasks that users don't want on their personal laptops. It offers SSH-accessible machines from a "Global Free Tier" that can be used for cloning repos, running builds, or giving agents a shell, then discarded when done. The service emphasizes ephemerality and simplicity — borrow a machine, do the work, let it disappear.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledBorrow a disposable little machine from the Global Free Tier.
SSH in. Run the thing. Do the work. Let it disappear.
For work you don't want on your laptop.
Clone like you're home. Run the weird build. Open a sh
Ghost a small machine that won't haunt you.
Siphon a temporary machine from GitHub Actions. SSH in, run the thing, give an agent a shell, and let it disappear.
