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Tools2026-07-09 · source-backed
Thorsten Ball's update lets you pick CPU and memory for the remote machines that run agents, with 32GB/16-core orbs billing at $1.66/hour by the minute and sleeping when idle. Its "smart" mode now runs on Opus 4.8. This is a clean look at where remote agent execution is going: per-thread ephemeral machines with tunable compute and self-checking loops, billed by the minute. The economics of a fleet start to make sense when idle machines cost nothing.
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Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entities / Same source domain / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Claude Code uses Opus); both cover Opus, Thorsten Ball; reported by the same outlet (registerspill.thorstenball.com).
Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entities / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Claude Code uses Opus); both cover CPU, Opus; picks up the CPU thread on 2026-07-26.
Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entities / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Claude Code uses Opus); both cover CPU, Opus; overlapping topics (agent, core, cost).
Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entity: Opus / Shared topic / What happened next
Linked by a graph relationship (Claude Code uses Opus); both cover Opus; overlapping topics (agent, cost).
Linked by a graph relationship (Claude Code uses Opus); both cover Opus; overlapping topics (agent, cost).
Opus built by Anthropic / Shared entity: Opus / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Opus built by Anthropic); both cover Opus; overlapping topics (agent, cost).
Cursor uses Opus / Shared entity: Opus / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Cursor uses Opus); both cover Opus; overlapping topics (agent, execution).
Claude Code uses Opus / Shared entity: Opus / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Claude Code uses Opus); both cover Opus; overlapping topics (agent, cost).