[lloydatkinson]

I'd say use GitPod over Codespaces. Originally Microsoft had VS Code Online before they migrated it over to GitHub's ownership.

When it was under Microsoft it was rock solid stable. I never had issues with it. When they migrated it to GitHub they removed access to everyone that had been using it for months and failed to migrate users across.

Months went by of waiting in the GitHub beta list (for something I'd already been using...) and by the time I got access to it again I couldn't believe how much worse the service had become. It has degraded a lot.

Sometimes ports get "stuck" and require a full container restart, which took time, so I ended up writing a script to randomise which port the service I was writing would use. Sometimes it had errors with saving files and they'd just vanish.

I've found GitPod to just work. I only use these services when I'm on the move, and use my desktop when at home. I couldn't imagine relying on Codespaces at all.