The trend over the last few years is to work locally and push changes through git. Working remotely on a server gives you cloud abilities because you can easil

The trend over the last few years is to work locally and push changes through git. Working remotely on a server gives you cloud abilities because you can easily switch devices and continue working. Having a cloud service provide the gui or editor is an option available now. But to have a local editor with ssh means you can work on your phone using a proper mobile editor you can run a full ide on your desktop or use vim directly on the server. The security and privacy of your code remains in your hands. Best of all worlds.