I have been doing this for 4 years. I can rent a 16 core server for a couple of years for less cost than a low entry Macbook, with a 1Gbps line. With mosh, I ca

I have been doing this for 4 years. I can rent a 16 core server for a couple of years for less cost than a low entry Macbook, with a 1Gbps line. With mosh, I can develop literally anywhere with no lag at all (or at least, no noticeable lag) even with a 3G connection. I can RDP to an EC2 Windows instance when I need a quick Windows machine, again with minimal lag even over 3G. I sold my desktop, and now use a cheap £200 garbage laptop as a thin-client to my machine. Not only do I get incredible compile performance due to being able to use 16 core Xeon's, but I am not tied to any desktop. I can whip out my phone and pop open a tmux session from anywhere, in an emergency I can hop onto a friends computer and thanks to SSH 2FA fearlessly login to my dev system with my full environment that I never have to close. At this point, I would actively avoid jobs that wouldn't let me work this way. Currently got a sweet remote gig and I'm going to fly to Spain next week and spend a couple of weeks coding on the beach with my 3G tethered laptop. Edit: Just to clarify, I don't need to work in an IDE or use any Windows software that I couldn't tunnel over X. So it might not work for everyone. Just wanted to give an example of it working out great for someone.