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Gitpod is fantastic. I used it when I was running an online workshop a while ago - I gave the workshop attendees instructions on how to use it to get a reliable Python development environment, skipping the horror that is getting 20+ people to a place where they have a working environment on their own computer.

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How is Gitpod for other languages, e.g., SBCL Common Lisp, Haskell, etc.? Isaw mention of running your own containers.

I have spent a fair amount of time using just an iPad Pro while travelling. To be honest, I have been finding a much cheaper Lenovo Chromebook to be better in some regards: slightly lighter, and Linux container support makes it possible to do some things locally. For deep learning, I like Colab, and any device is OK for that.

works great for Rust and Elixir in my experience, granted those languages have very forgiving installation processes. i use GitPod on my iPad and Linux machines for misc. editing projects outside of my main machine.

ex. i was on vacation visiting my twin for a week and left my daily driver at home to wind down -> got a gh notification about a bug and released a PR on my sister's computer within a couple hours.

> I have been finding a much cheaper Lenovo Chromebook to be better in some regards

I've been disappointed with my Lenovo Chromebook. It's more unstable than Windows 98 for anyone that yearns for the good old days. Several times a day I would be typing away and it would restart without warning. The previous sentence is past tense because I gave up and now use only the browser.

It basically gives you an Ubuntu instance that you can run shell commands on, so if you can apt-get install it you can run it just fine.

Geoff here from Gitpod. Compsci adjacent languages is an area where Gitpod really shines because it enables you to share whatever you are hacking on without subjecting who you are sharing it with, without the burden of installing dependencies. We see lots of folks using Gitpod to develop their own toy compilers and sharing “launch my compiler” links on reddit asking for feedback.

Thus, yes, indeed Haskell and SBCL or anything works exceptionally well - even operating systems such as NixOS https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-nixos

Re: Hask

https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-haskell or https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-haskell-nix

Howdy Simon. Thanks for the vouch. If other folks run workshops and are interested about Gitpod please read my blog post at https://www.gitpod.io/blog/workshops-as-code and send me an email.

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