> VSCode makes you feel like you're on the remote system locally.
In fact, you are. It runs the plugins on the remote system. Which, while nice for UX, made me upgrade my blog's droplet from 1GB to 2GB memory ($5/month -> $10/month). But I figured it's worth it because it lowers the barrier of entry to writing, and anything to make the process of writing as painless as possible is worth it (and I'm still publishing once/week so I guess it's paying off)....