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A comment on Ask HN: Is anyone using Cloud Dev Environments (e.g. Codespaces/Replit) at work?.

Re:Ask HN: Is anyone using Cloud Dev Environments (e.g. Code... by marktolson on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @05:30PM (#37935041)
We use remote dev VMs with VS Code connected via SSH. It works a treat for a small team working on microservices. You can work from any machine while everyone has their own user account. Sharing code is a breeze. It's easy to test APIs in development (no http tunneling). Deploying to a local (on the VM) docker host for longer running services in test works well and it's super cheap to run.
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Re:Ask HN: Is anyone using Cloud Dev Environments (e.g. Code... by nbrad on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @05:37PM (#37935113)
Cool! I've used a similar workflow with teams that SSH into boxes with GPUs, VSCode makes it completely seamless - surprised i don't hear about it more
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Re:Ask HN: Is anyone using Cloud Dev Environments (e.g. Code... by ivan_burazin on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @05:39PM (#37935135)
Would not using one of the selfhosted CDE solution make it even easier?
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Re:Ask HN: Is anyone using Cloud Dev Environments (e.g. Code... by marktolson on Thursday October 19, 2023 @12:27AM (#37938395)
Kind of, I used to run code server but you miss out on plug-ins and other custom settings. Connecting via SSH is seamless. You can copy from local -> remote, keep your plug-ins and access from any machine with VS Code.
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Re:Ask HN: Is anyone using Cloud Dev Environments (e.g. Code... by ivan_burazin on Thursday October 19, 2023 @11:01AM (#37943837)
What if it was as seamless but also managed everything for you. Can send you a link to try it out if you like?
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