I've been wanting to try something like that with neovim's remote features, but haven't found the time. Has someone attempted this? If so, how successful was it?

I've always been a big user of powerful laptops because I do like the mobility (allows me to work/browse stuff outside my home office) and I dread the pains of properly synching my files across a laptop and desktop (not only documents/projects, but also configs and whatnot).