This is what I use to run QEMU on my M1 Air. I had a few bumps setting it up but now it runs flawlessly. I SSH to it via VS Code and basically I have a fully functional Linux dev environment with MacOS as the UI, just the way I like it.
Honestly, I haven't been this excited about a new setup since Moore's Law was in effect :-)
Decided to spend my money on decent, upgradeable hardware instead of shelling out 5k for another MB Pro. My next MacBook will probably be the most low-end I can get.
VSCode's remote/docker support is a godsend. Seems like we're heading back to the dumb terminal paradigm.
Like a normal VPS but you can get dat 64 cores + 64gb ram only the day you need them and otherwise pay a low monthly fee.
https://labgopher.com/servers/Dell_R720/
Granted it's not 64cores, but still fast.
In this case it really is more than thousands of times more powerful.
I ask because I was excited about this prospect only to learn that I could only use Remote: Containers if codebase and container are on the same machine as the project workspace is just volume-mounted in the container.
You can get around this by running git clone inside your container as part of the startup process. But 1. It can add quite a delay to starting a container depending on the size of your codebase, and 2. Not all of my code is necessarily committed and pushed.
For me, syncing works well but I can see how it would not suit every use case
Probably similar reasons to what you mean by not having all code committed and pushed.
I wasn't aware of that setup you linked. I'll give that a go, thanks!
Hehem. The paradigm you're referencing is letting you do what you want to do (because it's a powerful paradigm). We need more of that if anything.