Comment by tbrock

Yes, just set up a localforward in your .ssh/config like this:

    Host dev
        HostName <ip_of_dev_box>
        User <my_username>
        ForwardAgent yes
        AddKeysToAgent yes
        IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_m1_air
        LocalForward 8443 localhost:8443
        LocalForward 8080 localhost:8080
        LocalForward 8065 localhost:8065
        LocalForward 3000 localhost:3000
        ...

Those line's effectively mean forward my local port 8443 to the remote host's 8443. The local port + remote port (and even the remote host) don't need to be the same.

Since it’s forwarding a TCP port your aren’t limited to forwarding just the web traffic either. I forward:

    - Database ports (run mysql or psql locally for example)
    - Docker socket
    - Backend api ports
    - Redis port
    - Webserver port

And more...

Then you just use local clients as if those things were all running on your local machine