Ask HN: Do you use browser-based IDEs? Why? Why Not?

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2 years ago

I've heard strong opinions from either side so I'm curious about what are some of the reasons you DO or you DO NOT use browser-based IDEs like Github codespaces, replit.com, vscode.dev, stackblitz.com, hony.ai and many more (Please suggest if you use something else). Also, please comment about your programming language and stack if relevant.

A few arguments to get the conversation started

Against using browser-based IDEs:

- Browser-based IDEs are limited in functionality

- Limited Customizability

- ...

For using browser-based IDEs:

- Security, e.g. installing npm dependencies on your local machine vs a sandboxed remote server

- Convenience of having the same environment everywhere

- ...

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