I don't understand how this article is sitting in the top 5 of HN right now, especially given no comments. This is a marginally useful roundup of a bunch of tools, some of which are only remotely connected to remote working.
I guess looking at the submission history of the author ( https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=nm12112 ) it makes a bit of sense, but perhaps there is a voting ring to get this story so high?