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> If your use of the computer is more oriented towards the browser, a code editor, and the command line (e.g. backend web development, infrastructure developmen
by _bxg1 6y ago
> If your use of the computer is more oriented towards the browser, a code editor, and the command line (e.g. backend web development, infrastructure development, writing/blogging, and the like), the Pi is perfectly adequate, and with 8GB of RAM, Chromium runs just fine, even if you have a bunch of tabs open.
The author does a good job of going into the separate use-cases.
- chiefalchemist 6y agoA colleague has effectively abandoned local dev. His "local" is Digital Ocean. If the project is critial he locks it down by only letting his IP in. Gives new meaning to "virtual desktop." I'm sold on the idea but I will likely go with VS Code instead. He uses Vim. God bless him :) In this context the Pi feels intriguing. I'm going to run this past him.
- tyingq 6y agoFor me, a used USFF x86 box fits the bill better. It's not hard to find a $~125 Lenovo m93p "tiny". With an i5 x86-64, 8GB, and a small, but real SSD. At first, $125 seems like a lot more than the 8GB Rpi will cost you, but things like a power supply, enclosure, and an SSD add up.
- chiefalchemist 6y agoThat's a good point. What about an older Win * laptop that support a popular distro? Where can I find a list of such machines? My work provides a MBP but for myself I want to go further. Note: I've traditionally been a Windows person. Mind you Win 10 has distro support, I might as well keep going :)
- Jtsummers 6y agoThere are some plugins (I haven't used them) for using VS Code with remote instances. You can also use sshfs to mount the remote system and use VS Code as if the files were on your local system. [0] https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh [1] https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sshfs-to-mount-remote-file-systems-over-ssh https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-...
- chiefalchemist 6y agoRight. I'm familiar but have not used. Once I realized this was possible it opened my mind and vision to other possibilities. I hope :)
- ryukafalz 6y agoMy understanding is that that plugin is proprietary and only works on official MS builds of VS Code. There don’t appear to be official builds for Linux on arm64, so I suspect you may not be able to run this on a Pi. But yeah sshfs would work, of course, as would e.g. Emacs’s TRAMP mode.
- heavyset_go 6y agoI run VS Code in a container on an SBC with no complaints.
- shmoogy 6y agoI've been migrating to this for the past few months. Using VSCode server, and VIM. Trying to wean off VSCode and use VIM alone but still getting used to it. Working more and more off my iPad since almost nothing is local anymore.
- chiefalchemist 6y agoFunny enough, the colleague I mentioned wrote a blog post on using an ipad in that way.