Launch HN: Freestyle — Sandboxes for AI Coding Agents Hit 286 Points

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Freestyle launched on Hacker News with 286 points and 147 comments, offering Linux VMs purpose-built for AI coding agents with instant startup, live forking (clone a running VM without pausing), and hibernate/resume at zero cost while paused. Free tier includes 10 concurrent VMs; Pro tier at $500/month offers 400 concurrent VMs. The sandboxes are interchangeable with EC2s from an agent's perspective, addressing a critical infrastructure gap as coding agents proliferate.