https://linchpin.work/blog Notes on open-source managed agents, self-hosting AI, and agent-runtime design. en-us Thu, 14 May 2026 21:43:00 GMT https://linchpin.work/blog/what-is-a-managed-agent-runtime https://linchpin.work/blog/what-is-a-managed-agent-runtime Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT A managed agent runtime is the platform layer between an agent library and a hosted agent service. It owns session lifecycle, sandboxing, event log, and tool execution — and is the layer Linchpin builds. https://linchpin.work/blog/self-hosting-ai-agents-single-vm https://linchpin.work/blog/self-hosting-ai-agents-single-vm Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Step-by-step guide to self-hosting AI agents on a single VM with Linchpin: provision the box, configure environment variables, run docker compose, create your first agent and session. ~5 minutes.