[txcwpalpha]

Better yet, why not have the best of both worlds?

I know most devs are hesitant to try anything that's "always online", but remote development apps have really gotten better recently. VSCode with the Remote extension makes doing development on a VPS a breeze, and unless you have a really bad internet connection, you probably won't even notice it's remote. And then you also get the benefits of the VPS having a faster internet connection (faster package downloads, etc), most likely better specs than your laptop for only $10-15/mo, more resiliency, and better security. It also completely solves the whole "my laptop is ARM but my servers are x86" problem that keeps getting talked about.

[OkGoDoIt]

I use VS Code remote development via SSH to a $5 a month digital ocean server, and it’s so incredibly smooth and easy. You would never know it wasn’t local. I’ve been using Windows for decades so I’m very productive running windows on the desktop, but I prefer to use Linux on the server. VS Code remote over SSH is the perfect combination for me. For someone who loves macOS the situation should be exactly the same, regardless of whether they are on ARM or x86. If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly recommend giving it a try!