Working in the cloud

For a while now I’ve done all my development work and irc communication via SSH and byobu – I love the freedom of just grabbing my netbook (ie. switching computers) and heading to a cafe and picking up right where I left off (or even letting tests run while I walk).

The one pain-point was that I SSH’d into my own box at home – and if my home connection went (anything from a thunderstorm to a curious kid pulling a chord), I had to then work on my much slower netbook.

Now, after reading on an email thread that Aaron was doing something similar, I’m running a tiny cloud instance for my irc and development work, and documenting everything that I’m doing to get my dev environment just right – so that I can automate the setup (not really something for an ensemble formula – just a simple script).

That, and having all my music in the cloud for the past 6 months make switching computers and/or physical locations a non-obtrusive part of my work-day.

If anyone has small tips that make their own dev environment enjoyable, let me know!