I think I found a good remote dev environment recently - basically "just use Mutagen to sync files to a server close to you". That keeps the source of truth (co

I think I found a good remote dev environment recently - basically "just use Mutagen to sync files to a server close to you". That keeps the source of truth (code files) local but outsources the compute. I started working at Fly.io ~4mo ago and quickly realized I could setup a nice remote dev environment since there are regions close to me (super low latency). I setup a VM to run SSH to sync/forward ports. It turn off when I'm not using it (after a configured timeout, it sniffs for SSH connections and exits if there are none - which stops the VM), and uses Mutagen to sync files. The source of truth is my local files, so my local IDE's work great (they're working against the local file system). I wrapped it up in a little tool I'm calling Vessel https://github.com/Vessel-App/vessel-cli https://github.com/Vessel-App/vessel-cli, which talks to Fly's "Machines API"