1) There's no setup steps. You just open your editor of choice and everything is set up for you. All the build tools, linters, specific versions of software $XYZ, etc.
2) Large VM (16 core, 96GB of RAM in my case) speeds builds and tests up dramatically.
3) Zero productivity lost if your laptop breaks. Just grab a new one from IT and you're up and running exactly where you left off with zero effort.
> Not being able to run the project natively
What do you mean by this? It's just running on a remote server rather than your laptop.
Three reasons from my perspective:
1) There's no setup steps. You just open your editor of choice and everything is set up for you. All the build tools, linters, specific versions of software $XYZ, etc.
2) Large VM (16 core, 96GB of RAM in my case) speeds builds and tests up dramatically.
3) Zero productivity lost if your laptop breaks. Just grab a new one from IT and you're up and running exactly where you left off with zero effort.
> Not being able to run the project natively
What do you mean by this? It's just running on a remote server rather than your laptop.