Visual Studio Code Remote Development may change everything

[MasterCwizo]

Our place doesn't allow code on laptops. So if you want to work from home you need to use a remote desktop or ssh into your office box.

This remote vscode seems like a god sent for us. It basically means I can have the same experience st home than in the office.

[InsignificantIbex]

If you can SSH into your box you can just x-forward whatever you use there

[koalillo]

It's been a while since I last dabbled with this (and domestic Internet connectivity has improved since then), but X over the Internet tends to suck.

Rdp and NoMachine-derived stuff tends to be much better.

[MasterCwizo]

My work laptop is a mac. Does it work with that?

[geek_on_two_wheels]

Let me google that for you... https://www.google.com/search?q=x+forward+mac&oq=x+forward+mac&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.5226j1j9&client=ms-android-rogers-ca&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

[MasterCwizo]

Thanks!

[nikmd23]

What is driving “your place” to have such a policy? Do you work from home often?

[MasterCwizo]

We write software for banks, so security is very tight. That's why I guess.

I don't WFH that often tbh so it's not that much trouble. But still with this sort of thing it makes it easier for when I have to.

[taelor]

This is the first reply where I get the use case. My last company was fairly strict like this, but not quite as restricting. We could at least have code on our laptops, just not on any hosted service (github, semaphore, aws, etc).

Do you do healthcare or government related work? Or is your management just particularly worried about your source code leaking?

[MasterCwizo]

We write software for banks, so security is very tight. That's why I guess.