Dagger 0.9 introduces significant improvements to its services API, enabling Host-to-Container (H2C) and Container-to-Host (C2H) networking, as well as explicit service lifecycle management. This allows Dagger pipelines to expose services running inside them to the host for fine-grained control over network resources. The new API also expands Dagger's capabilities towards Application Delivery as Code, unlocking a vast number of new use cases such as spinning up microservices locally in Dagger, using AI language models/services on the host, and connecting to remote services via VPNs. With the updated SDKs, developers can now leverage these features with bug fixes and improvements. The latest release brings bespoke service lifecycle management, allowing users to start and stop services explicitly, and provides code samples for Go, Node.js, and Python.