Buy a large SSD like 2-8TB (just avoid the Samsung 860 QVO 4TB, it sucks more power during write than USB A standard allows) and buy a nice case like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D2BHVBD and mount it there. Work from the external SSD, it's fast enough in my opinion. Use the cloud only for backup purposes whenever the drive is attached (I use Insync for that but this is Google Drive centric).