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by sarnu 2026 days ago
I use it for developing inside docker containers. We have a dockerized Apache Airflow setup for which I am adding plugins. Remote VSCode allows to work inside one of the containers spun up by docker-compose, so I do not have to simulate the environment the final system is running in. Think of it as python venv on steroids.

Another use case is remote ssh where I can work on a headless system with a graphical editor. I use it e.g. to work in a minimal Linux VM from my Windows desktop.

The remote docker plugin is a little fiddly to setup, but once running works pretty good.