I think what you're looking for is TRAMP [0,1]. After resisting it and continuing to ssh into remote hosts in a shell, I finally started to switch my workflows

I think what you're looking for is TRAMP [0,1]. After resisting it and continuing to ssh into remote hosts in a shell, I finally started to switch my workflows over, and the improvement is substantial. Async remote compiling might work out of the box in some cases, or it might require some additional configuration. 0. https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/ https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/ 1. https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode