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Coder
Company blog · coder.com/blog · on HN as shootforthemoonprogrammingsystems
Coder is the company blog at coder.com, writing about programming and systems. Since 2018, 67 different Hacker News readers have linked it 141 times, most often “Code in the browser”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Rarely recommended · 0 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Coder's site, docs and code-server project pages when discussing self-hosted remote and cloud development environments, often in job posts and tool recommendation threads. The comments do not discuss the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Give developers a secure, governed environment to run AI coding agents at scale. Self-hosted infrastructure with full control over agent permissions, audit logging, and compliance.
Most-linked posts?
- Code in the browser24 people · 30 mentions · first linked 2018-08-17
- Coder (Visual Studio Code in browser) goes open source12 people · 13 mentions · first linked 2018-10-22
- HTTP Resource Leak Mysteries in Go3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-11-01
- Creating a Dedicated Development Environment for Teaching2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-11-07
- The Self-Hosting Paradox2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-12-08
- Query-Mutating Data Race in Go2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-08-08
- What I learned from coding on an iPad for two weeks2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-22
What Hacker News says?
Thank you, according to https://coder.com/pricing > No. Coder Enterprise is not SaaS. It is software that you must deploy and run it on your own infrastructure, either a public or private cloud. That's unfortunate. Very excited to see a SaaS solution by someone soon. Edit: This seems to be what I'm looking for https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/github-codespace...
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on “Github1s – One second to read GitHub code with VS Code”Submitted We improved the performance of a userspace TCP stack in Go as a story · 226 points
HN discussionYou might be thinking of https://coder.com >"Code-server is the primary open source project we maintain. It allows developers to use a browser to access remote dev environments running VS Code"
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on “Vscode.dev”Submitted Quartz: A Deterministic Time Testing Library for Go as a story · 133 points
HN discussionI'd guess that there was a mixup: https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server For what it's worth, we have been using code-server instead in prod (prod being internal) for over a year now. https://github.com/coder/code-server https://coder.com/docs/code-server/FAQ#whats-the-difference-...
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on “VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas”Submitted Coder (Visual Studio Code in browser) goes open source as a story · 60 points
HN discussionCoder|Remote first - US/Canada | Full-time Software Engineer - Open Source | $140K to $180K DOE and location We keep developers in flow. Coder has created a devtool that offloads development from local workstations to your on-prem and public cloud infrastructure. Target customer is engineering orgs at some of the world’s largest and cutting-edge companies. Our tech stack is TypeScript, React, Golang, Terraform, Linu…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2024)”Submitted What I learned from coding on an iPad for two weeks as a story · 12 points
HN discussionCoder | https://coder.com/ | Multiple roles | Multiple locations | Full-time Coder is an open-source, remote-first software company. Our CDE moves development from local machines to cloud infrastructure, reducing onboarding time while speeding up builds, tests, and workspace configuration for individuals and large dev teams. The developers that we support work at companies like Discord, Dropbox, and Palantir. [1] Se…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)”Submitted Solving GitHub Issues with Claude Code as a story · 10 points
HN discussionYou should check out https://coder.com as well
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on “Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others”Submitted Running a Private VS Code Extension Marketplace as a story · 9 points
HN discussionCoder | Remote first - US/Canada | Open-Source Full Stack Software Engineer: Full time, perm. Min 3 Years of exp - Go, Typescript, React | We love seeing active open-source GitHub and side project work | Base: $120K to $162K/ yr DOE and location Coder | Remote first - US/Canada | Sr. Product Marketing Manager: Full time, perm | 4+ Years of exp - Hubspot, Salesforce, GitHub, Figma, Notion, Mediafly & Slack | Must hav…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2024)”Submitted Rearchitecting Coder’s Networking with WebRTC as a story · 7 points
HN discussionCoder | Austin, TX | Full-time |On-site OR Remote|Golang Engineer| Typescript Engineer| Solution Architect | https://coder.com/ | Coder automatically configures, secures, and powers an organization's development environments, allowing developers to focus on the product.Pre-configured environments allow project team members to define what language version and tooling are required to provide consistency across the tea…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2020)”Submitted Our development team shares one giant bare metal machine as a story · 6 points
HN discussionCoder| Remote first - US/Canada/EU | Full-time Open Source Backend Senior Software Engineer and Senior Software Engineer - Networking | Tech stack is React/JS, Golang, Postgresql, Terraform | looking for active github | $140K to $ 210K DOE and location| ABOUT CODER: Our mission is to keep developers in flow. Coder has created a platform that offloads development from local workstations to your on-prem and public clo…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2024)”Submitted HTTP Resource Leak Mysteries in Go as a story · 5 points
HN discussionCoder | https://coder.com/ | Multiple roles | Multiple locations | Full-time Coder is an AI software development company leading the future of autonomous coding. We empower teams to build software faster, more securely, and at scale through the collaboration of AI coding agents and human developers. Our mission is to make agentic AI a safe, trusted, and integral part of every software development lifecycle. Coder’s…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)”Submitted Don't Come Work at Coder as a story · 5 points
HN discussionCoder | https://coder.com/ | Multiple roles | Multiple locations | Full-time Coder is an open-source, remote-first software company. Our CDE moves development from local machines to cloud infrastructure, reducing onboarding time while speeding up builds, tests, and workspace configuration for individuals and large dev teams. The developers that we support work at companies like Discord, Dropbox, and Palantir. [1] Se…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2025)”Submitted Changing One Constant Reduced Our CI Memory Usage by 70% as a story · 4 points
HN discussionCoder | https://coder.com/ | Multiple roles | Global/Remote or hybrid option in Austin, TX or San Francisco, CA | Full-time Coder is an open-source, remote-first software company. Our CDE moves development from local machines to cloud infrastructure, reducing onboarding time while speeding up builds, tests, and workspace configuration for individuals and large dev teams. The developers that we support work at compan…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2024)”Submitted A New Home for nhooyr/WebSocket as a story · 4 points
HN discussionCoder | Open-Source Full Stack Engineer that is frontend leaning| Remote first - US/Canada | Full time, perm. 4-7 yrs of experience in Typescript, React | Strong backend skills preferably in Go. We love seeing active open-source GitHub and side project work | Base: $140K - $180K/yr DOE & location Our mission to keep developers in flow. Coder has created a devtool that offloads development from local workstations to…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2024)”Submitted HTTP Resource Leak Mysteries in Go as a story · 4 points
HN discussionCoder | https://coder.com/ | Multiple roles | Multiple locations | Full-time unless specified otherwise Coder is an AI software development company leading the future of autonomous coding. We empower teams to build software faster, more securely, and at scale through the collaboration of AI coding agents and human developers. Our mission is to make agentic AI a safe, trusted, and integral part of every software deve…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2025)”Submitted Secure developer infrastructure with Teleport and Coder as a story · 4 points
HN discussionCoder | Remote first - US/Canada | Open-Source Sr. Full Stack Engineer | Full time, perm 4 - 7 years of experience in Go, Typescript, React | We love seeing active open-source GitHub and side project work | Base: $140K to $180K/yr DOE & location Our mission is to keep developers in flow. Coder has created a devtool that offloads development from local workstations to your on-prem and public cloud infrastructure. Tar…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2024)”Submitted Coder: The self-hosted GitHub Codespaces alternative as a story · 4 points
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