Cline can significantly speed up development, but its local usage often faces challenges such as performance issues, security concerns, and environment drift. Gitpod's cloud development environments offer a more secure, reliable, and scalable way to work with Cline, allowing developers to escape hardware limitations, achieve exact environment consistency across agents and devs, and enjoy built-in security by design. By using standardized, version-controlled development environments, developers can ensure consistent results, eliminate environment drift, and improve the reliability and accuracy of generated code. Gitpod's ephemeral environments provide a secure container for Cline, managing secrets securely in the cloud and starting fresh with minimal attack surface. This combination transforms the AI-assisted development workflow, enabling multi-agent workflows, collaborative development, and rapid prototyping, while ensuring security hygiene and real-world use cases are met.