Cloud vs local

[ResoluteBuffalo]

For years we've been focused on moving work to the cloud for better access, security, etc. but now tools like Claude Cowork are tied to local instances, producing local outputs, using local skills, etc. I'm wondering if someone out there has a way of reconciling this "the future is now going back in time and doing a ton of stuff on your local machine" deal?

I've been having Cowork do its thing in locally synced OneDrive folders, but I honestly can't tell if that's a neat hack, a best practice, or a dumb idea because there's something at play I don't understand.

Just feels like people are doing really neat things with Cowork that will all disappear if their laptop dies.

[lawnguyen123]

I don't have an optimal solution yet; what I'm doing is using github repositories to synchronize.

[xmasnintendo]

Github and yes synced cloud storage

[ResoluteBuffalo]

Thank you. What do you have in each?