I have been working remotely for some time now (years). I am not doing it all the time as I like to be around people every once in a while (but having decent n

I have been working remotely for some time now (years). I am not doing it all the time as I like to be around people every once in a while (but having decent noise cancelling headphones for surviving those open spaces). The key thing is indeed discipline. Current tools support this fully. The level of proficiency with these tools directly affects the quality of the interactions. This includes their use by the other parties. In 2014, I spent my whole year working on a project remotely, from idea to release and support. It was super nice and paid nicely. It is important to be part of an open source community I'd say as it helps in asking trusted people about various things. In that regard, Slack is working well (as is Discord). Appear.in is also very useful.