Boat targets cheaper, faster agent VMs

Boat is betting agent infrastructure should look like a persistent computer, not a disposable code-execution container.

• –Full VMs support systemd, Docker, networking, root access, and ordinary development workflows.
• –Per-second billing and free stopped machines make long-running or parallel agents more economical.
• –Snapshotting and forking enable reproducible agent branches and fast recovery.
• –The tradeoff is limited regional availability, CPU-only infrastructure, and greater security responsibility around credentials and outbound actions.