Transitioning Side Projects to a Dedicated Server

My Side Projects Are No Longer Held Hostage

For years my personal code was mixed in with my day job. A mess of contexts.
Then I realised a cheap online server is like 7 bucks a month for 8 gigs of ram. So I got one.

VSCode connects over SSH so easily, it just works. Almost no setup.
My creative space is now somewhere else, always on, accessible from my mac or a tablet.

Its a simple setup, but the focus it creates is profound.
A dedicated space for building, far from my world of 80% meetings.

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