So, VSCode has remote development, which any nerd would instantly think: "oh, that just means it copies files transparently", but it doesn't. It actually runs

So, VSCode has remote development, which any nerd would instantly think: "oh, that just means it copies files transparently", but it doesn't. It actually runs the code, including plugins you download from the internet. All your development tools, compilers, etc. are on the remote. And then you just have a blazing fast editor on the front end. It's really unique - you can use Tramp mode in Emacs, but it is extremely slow to copy back and forth. SSH into a remote server? let's just say 200 milliseconds lag when you're trying to input characters is not a good experience. The highest praise I can give Visual Studio Code is that remote development felt so much like local development that I wondered why it suddenly froze. Well, it turns out it's good, but it still can't deal with a network that's down. That was obvious in retrospect, however I hadn't thought of it at the time because I had completely forgotten I was doing remote development.