Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think

Re:Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think by systemvoltage on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:53PM (#33111574)

I already do that in pycharm. Everything else needs to be set once. But you’re actually arguing about multi-machines and I’m arguing about “code from anywhere” even on computers that don’t belong to you. That is an overblown feature that I’d never use.

Latency is top priority for me. It shall not be sacrificed for any multi machine inconveniences.

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Re:Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think by vineyardmike on Thursday October 06, 2022 @03:17PM (#33112734)

> Latency is top priority for me.

VSCode is super popular and performant. It runs in a browser (electron) natively. Running it in chrome remotely is literally no different if you have a performant network.

I always found VSCode to perform better than IDEA based tools fwiw, especially if you want to keep a laptop on battery. Latency has never been an issue.

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Re:Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think by mox1 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:58PM (#33111642)

What happens when your machine breaks / stops working / gets stolen?

Is your pycharm config and setup backed up properly? Is your pycharm config versioned?

How do you manage credentials / secrets?

How often do you update pycharm? Does this updating require any refactoring?

How do you build (locally? remotely?)

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