Show HN: Lazysusan – run commands on your machines from anywhere with just curl

A developer released Lazysusan, a tool that lets users run commands on remote machines via curl without SSH, using an ephemeral relay connection. The project aims to simplify infrastructure debugging and VM setup, especially for LLM-driven workflows, with an option to self-host the relay for privacy.

This project might be overkill, but I just wanted a fast, straightforward way to run commands on the machines I work with, especially through LLMs. Setting up SSH each time is cumbersome and sometimes not possible for protected nodes . The machine just needs outbound internet connectivity. And nothing needs to be installed on the calling side, a simple curl command works. Use cases can vary, but I think it's good for infra work like debugging a node that's misbehaving, checking logs, setting up a VM with Coolify, Dokploy, etc. How it works: you install the susan binary on the machine with a single command and run it. It prints a curl string that any LLM or you can use to talk to the machine. The connection is ephemeral, so once the susan command is killed, the auth dies with it. One thing to note: by default, susan connects to the public relay I run. That can be a concern for more private use cases, so I also provide a binary to self-host your own relay called tray, keeping with the lazy susan theme . Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884431 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884431 Points: 2 Comments: 0