Thoughts on Local vs. Cloud Development?

Hey there! I've been doing a lot of thinking about this lately, and I really think it depends on the project. For smaller projects, I think working locally can be just as effective as working in the cloud.

However, for larger projects, the cloud offers a ton of advantages. There's the obvious ease of collaboration, but you also get access to a lot of powerful tools and resources that can make development a lot smoother. Plus, you can easily scale up or down as needed, which is great for resource management.

You also eliminate large upfront CapEx costs, but the trade-off is often surprisingly high OpEx costs. In the end, it really depends on what you need and what your budget looks like.

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For me it's a fairly seamless blend of "local cloud" and "remote cloud" development, with terminal and editor windows that open into real and virtual machines.