[jesse__]

> I’ve definitely wondered about this. Like why does the language-understanding standard have to be a server specifically?

I don't think it does. I think it's a bad architectural decision that web bros thought sounded cute.

> Things like editing code directly on servers via ssh or in containers

I mean, vim and emacs have supported editing over ssh for like .. longer than I've been alive probably.

> I think I’ve heard that vscode has benefitted hugely from [clinet-server architecture]

IMO VSCode is a giant steaming pile; I'm not sure what the huge benefits could have been. It's intolerably slow, uses an insane amount of system resources, and the debugger barely works most of the time.