Why Local Development Is Going Away. Long Live Cloud Agents.

Developers are increasingly moving AI coding agents from local machines to the cloud due to the limitations and risks of running them locally. Local agents are invisible to teams, insecure due to broad access to sensitive data, and limited in scalability as they can only run a few agents at once. In contrast, cloud-based agents offer enhanced visibility, allowing the entire team to observe and understand the agents' actions and decisions, improved security through sandboxed environments that limit access to only necessary resources, and greater scalability by using elastic cloud computing to run multiple agents simultaneously. The adoption of cloud agents also integrates with the use of preview environments, which allow changes to be deployed to live URLs for thorough review in a working application context. This shift facilitates a more informed and efficient code review process, enabling teams to maximize productivity and security while maintaining local development for tasks requiring direct human interaction.

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