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I have been doing this for 4 years. I can rent a 16 core server for a couple of years for less cost than a low entry Macbook, with a 1Gbps line. With mosh, I can develop literally anywhere with no lag at all (or at least, no noticeable lag) even with a 3G connection. I can RDP to an EC2 Windows instance when I need a quick Windows machine, again with minimal lag even over 3G.

I sold my desktop, and now use a cheap £200 garbage laptop as a thin-client to my machine. Not only do I get incredible compile performance due to being able to use 16 core Xeon's, but I am not tied to any desktop.

I can whip out my phone and pop open a tmux session from anywhere, in an emergency I can hop onto a friends computer and thanks to SSH 2FA fearlessly login to my dev system with my full environment that I never have to close.

At this point, I would actively avoid jobs that wouldn't let me work this way. Currently got a sweet remote gig and I'm going to fly to Spain next week and spend a couple of weeks coding on the beach with my 3G tethered laptop.

Edit: Just to clarify, I don't need to work in an IDE or use any Windows software that I couldn't tunnel over X. So it might not work for everyone. Just wanted to give an example of it working out great for someone.

[anopows]

Which service do you use for renting a server?

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Used to use a SoYouStart E5-1650v2 for the 6 Core/12 Hyper-Threads. I moved when I got a sweet server auction deal with two Xeon's but recently moved to Hetzner because the price for their AX50 Ryzen 1700X + 32GB of RAM is hard to beat.

[TheArcane]

> I can develop literally anywhere

Except on airplanes.

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Or underground trains, or long tunnels, or hikes, or many things. Hopefully though the typical developer doesn't spend the majority of his time on an airplane. Me personally, I don't need to be coding so consistently that the loss of a few hours on a plane is going to stop me doing this.