Stop Coding Through Remote Desktop. Use VS Code Remote Tunnels Instead
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Working through Remote Desktop for software development is slow and frustrating. VS Code Remote Tunnels offers a better alternative: expose a customer VM through a secure tunnel and connect to it from your local VS Code, keeping code and execution on the remote machine while restoring a proper editor experience. Setup requires downloading VS Code Server, running `code tunnel`, authenticating with GitHub, and connecting via a vscode.dev URL or the Remote - Tunnels extension. No SSH or firewall changes are needed. Key trade-offs include reliance on Microsoft's tunnel brokering service, single-user limitation, browser extension compatibility gaps, and tunnel persistence requiring service mode configuration.
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