This is a repost from 2011, but I think it is still an interesting workflow (at least the +Linode portion, no matter the client system), and timely, given how cloudy things have gotten since then. Good opportunity to see how others are doing cloud workflows now, that they use to do locally, etc. Some modern HN commentary/discussion I think would be good re: this topic/cloud workflows etc...
I re-read this series constantly, man I wish there was an update or another article in the same writing style. It's like digital "quasi-nomad" porn for me, a digital nomadic lifestyle I can actually live (and I do sometimes). Traveling the city and working from anywhere is a very romantic idea.
My workflow on my side project is pretty similar to his: I use Vim as my editor and tmux (or screen) to handle it all. It's web programming, but most of the work these days is backend so I don't need web debugging tools too much. I do use my Macbook more than an iPad just for screen size, but it works the same everywhere. I do light patches or emergency command line fixes from my phone.
My dev server runs on Digital Ocean for $5/mo. I code in Vim with a very light vimrc (add NerdTree and rails.vim and that's about it). My main tmux window has two panes, the code at the top and a 20-line pane at the bottom for the rails console. The next window has my running puma server. I can shut down my machine and it's all still running in the cloud.
I used to use Cloud9, it's really damn buggy and doesn't work on mobile devices but it was convenient and cloudy. Since they were bought by Amazon I was hoping it'd get more love and they'd fix it, but it's only been worse. It finally got to the point where I couldn't stand it anymore and switched to Vim. It's a nicer workflow than I would have thought, and I didn't even have to give up my mouse. Highly recommended.
