[xrisk]

Why not just use a service like repl.it? Is it just so you can use VSCode?

[elcomet]

On colab you get free gpus.

[kristianpaul]

Good point, i was about to suggest google shell ass but colab is more resourcefull

[busymichael]

I have just started playing with repl.it and am enjoying it. repl.it is using a similar IDE to the VSCode fork from the OP.

I am trying to build a small web app using repl.it as my dev environment and deploy on google app engine. The stack is flask/mysql/html5/bootstrap.

I have a workflow where I can commit to a dev branch inside repl.it, push to github and them merge to master. If merge is no-conflict, it uses github actions to deploy to google app engine.

There are trade offs, but I am really enjoying the ability to just start coding by opening a browser and having my full dev environment in a tab. Really fun!

[leetrout]

repl.it has always been slow for me for anything beyond a single file with a handful of changes.