- ArchilModalAI Agents
Why We Added Archil to an Ephemeral Agent Platform
Venkat PothamsettySeptember 11, 20269 min readAgents and their tools expect a real filesystem, but our compute is disposable. How Archil became the persistent, low-latency POSIX workspace beneath ephemeral Modal machines without displacing S3 as the source of truth.

- CloudflareDurable ObjectsAI Agents
How We Use Durable Objects to Give Security Agents Memory
Venkat PothamsettySeptember 11, 20269 min readWhy our security agents need dependable state more than an always-running loop, and how Cloudflare Durable Objects, ephemeral Modal compute, and sealed S3 evidence combine to remember what changed between runs.

- GOADActive DirectorySecurity Engineering
Running the Full GOAD Lab on Modal: Five Windows VMs in One Pay-Per-Use Sandbox
Karthik RajAugust 28, 202630 min readHow I adapted the full five-machine Game of Active Directory lab to Modal using QEMU TCG, persistent volumes, Ansible, noVNC, and an ephemeral OpenVPN gateway.
