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Registering for an account with github failed the first time. 3 Creating a workspace…",{"value":122,"source":51,"evidence":123},"Cloud IDEs lag and cannot replace local editors like Vim",[124,128,132],{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"7023688","jalan","I sometimes wonder, can cloud IDE's will really be able to replace traditional code editors like Sublime Text, Vim, Emacs. I really like the idea of cloud IDE's, but practically…",{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"7023798","JangoSteve","I have the same reservations. There are a few notable developers who have blogged in the past abut using Nitrous [1] as their primary development environment, so I'd like to say…",{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"7024555","username223","> I really like the idea of cloud IDE's What advantage do you see versus just the ability to edit remote files (which has been around for decades) or sync local files with a…",{"value":137,"source":51,"evidence":138},"Name clashes with existing CodeBox app",[139,143],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"7023653","whazzmaster","I was confused for a moment at the app name as I thought this referred to the excellent CodeBox application[1]; I thought maybe that app had been evolved into a full IDE. 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But I guess that's…",{"value":162,"source":51,"evidence":163},"Sync local IDE state across machines",[164,168],{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"7023925","pjungwir","I'd love to see someone build an IDE that lives locally but syncs up to a cloud service so I can pull everything back down to a different machine and work there. I think you…",{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"7024480","sprizzle","+1 to this suggestion! Something that feels as seamless as Dropbox would make my dreams come true. And even better if it could sync to different providers of my choosing, e.g.…",[173,177],{"value":174,"source":51,"evidence":175},"Which programming languages are supported",[176],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},{"value":178,"source":51,"evidence":179},"Can it run on a local machine",[180],{"id":181,"by":182,"text":183},"7024091","marigoldpicker","is there a way to run this on a local machine. from the root, I run \"node index.js\" and nothing happens. from \u002Fcore\u002Fcb.server, I run \"node main.js\" and nothing happens. I…",[185,192,199],{"value":186,"source":51,"evidence":187},"Cloud9",[188],{"id":189,"by":190,"text":191},"7023626","arikrak","How does this compare with Cloud9? https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fajaxorg\u002Fcloud9\u002F",{"value":193,"source":51,"evidence":194},"Vim over ssh with tmux",[195],{"id":196,"by":197,"text":198},"7023744","atmosx","Well, I find my self writing code in VIM via ssh using tmux and works fine. 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