Docker Agent

(github.com)

51 points | by saikatsg 1 hour ago

11 comments

  • beckford 6 minutes ago
    Docker Agent could be beneficial for research studies. For example, while writing a ML paper about agents I need to rerun experiments so that: - others can repeat my results - validate that variability from LLMs is not causing overconfidence in the results

    But currently uv is good enough to create isolated, repeatable environments. And it isn't limited to Linux like standard Docker. So when I want to test small samples on my local PC's GPU (Windows or mac) before running on beefier hardware, I can do that easily.

  • McScrooge 52 minutes ago
    https://docker.github.io/docker-agent/configuration/sandbox/

    If, like me, you couldn't find any security-related info on the linked page.

  • maxdo 44 minutes ago
    they hope they can annoy and email every person in the org asking for money , same way as they did it with docker.

    looks like a weird abstractions. why do i need this if i have modal.com, e2b, cloudflare that use original docker + some toolings around + way to run + isolations on network level.

  • blakeashleyjr 58 minutes ago
    While I love new open source dev (especially in Go!), agent harnesses are turning into JS frameworks from yesteryear.

    All the cool kids have one!

    • pjmlp 53 minutes ago
      Coupled with VSCode forks to manage them
    • verdverm 18 minutes ago
      Go doesn't have a good mod/plugin story for harness devs to provide to their users
    • caskeycoding 16 minutes ago
      [flagged]
  • sergiotapia 6 minutes ago
    very weird. why does this have dockers name on it? might as well use an agent harness from kohl's or steak n' shake. odd..
  • tamimio 49 minutes ago
    >What it is, what it isn’t

    Yep, open ai sol model wrote that.

    • lukemercado 45 minutes ago
      It frustrates me that there's a prisoners dilemma in communicating this to other humans. If I flag it and write it out (as you've done) I've let the author know that they're losing trust and let others know that they should be more skeptical. I've also created the perfect eval data pair for the ai labs. It's deeply frustrating.
    • IncreasePosts 20 minutes ago
      Your probably spare yourself some RSI by inverting this and only writing out a message when you find human generated content on hn
  • mplewis 55 minutes ago
    What does this have to do with Docker?
    • bmacho 12 minutes ago
      Based on the repo short description and the first sentence of the readme:

      It is called 'Docker' as the company, and it has nothing to do with the container technology.

    • speedgoose 47 minutes ago
      I guess people at Docker wanted to make an agent.

      Having it docker branded, I could understand. It’s confusing but the docker brand is strong.

      But exposing it as a docker subcommand is very confusing to me.

      • binsquare 46 minutes ago
        It reads to me like chasing trends
        • throwitaway222 42 minutes ago
          That's the economy we've always been in. X is popular, if your company doesn't have a solution for X you're irrelevant.
        • verdverm 11 minutes ago
          the tools and features certainly indicate so
    • redleader55 49 minutes ago
      The quest for staying relevant.
  • mococa 52 minutes ago
    Pretty vague
  • oxcartctl 46 minutes ago
    [dead]
  • rfgplk 5 minutes ago
    > Go

    Nowadays there are only two justifiable public languages you should be using for anything a) C++ b) Rust

    Rust itself is dubious due to abysmal compile times and the fact that the only guarantees it gives you are of security (aka a skill issue). Modern LLMs write C++ that is as safe if not safer than Rust. Any other language choice is objectively wrong.