Fly.io CEO Kurt Mackey is stepping down
by subarctic on 7/25/2026, 8:43:11 PM
https://fly.io/blog/kurt-scott-money-sprites/
Comments
by: yellow_lead
I don't think these sprites are worth betting the company on, but I guess that will be for the new CEO to decide.<p>> A Sprite is a hardware-isolated execution environment for arbitrary code: a persistent Linux computer. Whether it's an AI agent like Claude Code or a binary your user just uploaded, Sprites are the simplest answer for "where should I run a blob of code".<p>I think eventually this isolation may be built in to Claude code / codex, or provided by AI companies themselves.
7/25/2026, 10:25:37 PM
by: conradfr
> because your laptop stops running when you close the lid.<p>There's a world outside Apple.
7/25/2026, 10:15:28 PM
by: subarctic
Saw this on my RSS feed and was surprised to see it hasn't been discussed yet on HN - fly.io used to be on the front page pretty regularly with some pretty big comment threads, but I had to go back over a year to find anything from them with more than a handful of comments. I guess they've become less relevant on here since they stopped allowing new users to host apps for free?
7/25/2026, 8:44:55 PM
by: its-summertime
> Five of the most dangerous words in startups are “¿Por qué no los dos?”.<p>So are the prior products going to be shut down? If not, then when? if not when, then why not?
7/25/2026, 10:01:25 PM
by: clint
Congrats on quitting!
7/25/2026, 9:35:02 PM
by: dyauspitr
Is tptacek still over there? If so, thoughts?
7/25/2026, 9:44:59 PM
by: pizzafeelsright
<i>Well, fuck. ... we raised a fuckload of money and didn’t need more. And if we fail, we fail with our full asses.</i><p>I have seen this language from other companies to which I say "no". Being professional means being able to do good work, being polite, without lying, cheating, or stealing.<p>I do not want them to fail yet I would never use them despite liking their product. A few other companies behave the same way.
7/25/2026, 10:02:20 PM