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> paired with the universal access that comes with being hosted in the cloud, in a datacenter near you. How is a locked down vm, that I don’t control, “near me

by jamil7 3y ago

> paired with the universal access that comes with being hosted in the cloud, in a datacenter near you. How is a locked down vm, that I don’t control, “near me” more convenient than the fast, portable computer in front of me that I can build apps anywhere on, even when not networked?

vineyardmike 3y ago
You don’t need a fast computer near you? Plenty of people like this model of development. I personally love being able to compile massive projects while sitting in front of a MacBook Air or iPad. It sips battery while churning away at a data center elsewhere.
- jamil7 3y ago
  > You don’t need a fast computer near you? Plenty of people like this model of development. Not really, honestly, and I've tried it in the past. Maybe it's a lifestyle thing, I travel around a fair bit on the train and value being able to do everything from my laptop. With an M2 MacBook Pro I can also churn through big Swift/Rust/JS projects and with a local LLM installed and some offline docs it's pretty productive.
- CRConrad 3y ago
  > You don’t need a fast computer near you? Wasn't his point that he already has a quite-fast-enough computer much nearer; like, right in front of his nose? As do I; and, I wager, you.