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+# Cloud dev at tsys 
+
+## Desired architecute
+
+(essentially the lap.dev architecure)
+
+- control plane running as a web app on cosmos 
+- agent that spins up ephermeral containers on runner hosts
+
+
+## Contenders 
+
+- strong.network
+- lap.dev (dont like that it only supports github/gitlab oautg) (also that it doesnt appear to be dockerized)
+
+## Links 
+
+- https://github.com/strong-network/images