I use tmux/screen when I am working via SSH for some reason. It's nicer to create the layout in a terminal multiplexer rather than having multiple SSH sessions,

I use tmux/screen when I am working via SSH for some reason. It's nicer to create the layout in a terminal multiplexer rather than having multiple SSH sessions, because if you ever lose connection or your laptop dies, everything is like you left it. Locally, I don't bother and just use i3.