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picking up a MacBook Neo (the new $699 one with the A18 Pro chip) as a portable terminal. all my actual compute lives on a Mac Mini that runs 24/7 - builds, dev servers, cron jobs, everything. the plan is basically: SSH in, tmux attach, run Claude Code on the Mini’s hardware. VS Code Remote SSH for editing. Tailscale so it works from anywhere. Claude Code is terminal-native so it shouldn’t care what machine I’m physically typing on. the Mini does all the work, the Neo is just a window into it. curious if anyone else is running a setup like this. thin client + beefy remote machine for Claude Code sessions. any gotchas? things that don’t play nice over SSH? I’m treating this as the bridge until M5 MacBook Pro drops, then I’ll have two real machines. but honestly if the remote workflow is smooth enough the Neo might just stay as the travel/couch machine permanently. what’s your dev setup look like with Claude Code? submitted by /u/Shawntenam

Originally posted by u/Shawntenam on r/ClaudeCode