I'm doing this now!

I've got a linode box running arch. I configured it with all my dev needs. I'm currently in university and I spend a good amount of time at school, bouncing between labs and then also working from home.

Right now the process is simply:

  ssh me@mydomain.com
  tmux attach

Up comes a familiar |- split console with vim running in a window, a terminal at the root of whatever project I'm working on and the server output of that project below it. If I have to leave suddenly, Ctrl+A+D and walk away. It'll be there when you log in next time.

It also has huge advantages if you're working remotely with teams or just want to launch stuff. I have nginx already configured and running. When I need to launch a new project:

1) Go to the Linode DNS Manager and setup a new subdomain

2) Go to /srv/http and git clone my project

3) Edit my nginx.conf, reboot nginx and done.

Some stuff worth checking out:

* https://github.com/thoughtbot/dotfiles

* http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/04/ctags-taglist-vi-vim-edi...

Edit: formatting