Beginner: Setup ✅

Hi everyone! Sorry if this is dumb question, but after some time working on Jupyter notebooks (I tried Colab, Paperspace Gradient, and Kaggle code), I’m finding it’s not the best coding environment / IDE for me. In general I’m not a fan of coding in the browser, and in particular, I’m uncomfortable with file browsing latency (I’m in a “remote” location ping-wise) and default browser behaviors. I also miss my VS Code custom config.

So, the question is: is there any way to somehow run the Jupyter notebooks inside a VS Code local instance in my computer? Or, more generally, what’s the recommended workflow to write my fastai code locally in my machine, while still being able to run it on a cloud GPU (Paperspace Gradient, for example).

Ideal scenario summary:

  • using Visual Studio Code to write code
  • running GPU-accelerated code in Paperspace Gradient

Does this make sense to you folks? Anyone else in a similar situation regarding development experience in the browser being suboptimal? hacky solutions welcome, as long as I don’t have to code in a browser ^^'.
Thanks for reading!

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