@Pragmatic_Eng: "Local dev setup makes zero sense to me now". @mattpocockuk - educator, software engineer and creator of /grill-me: "We…
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Matt Pocock argues that traditional local development setups are inefficient, advocating for shared remote environments to enhance collaboration and optimize resource use.
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“Local dev setup makes zero sense to me now”. @mattpocockuk - educator, software engineer and creator of /grill-me:
“We’re in a phase now where every dev has like a hundred terminals available to them. That seems crazy. You need those hundred terminals available to your entire organization.
You need to be able to collaborate in a shared space. You need to be able to tag someone into your grilling session and say, ‘Okay, do this.’
On the train, I’m in Discord chatting to my Hetzner box, building stuff for my course or fixing bugs that students are coming across.
It makes way more sense to me than having a very, very expensive laptop that can do this stuff. It feels like wasted compute. Especially because on that remote box, I can set up schedules. I know the box is always going to be on.
The only thing I do locally now is debugging issues with the remote bot, that’s all.“
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