I've wanted this for a while - have my ThreadRipper box at home, and use a remote IntelliJ on a wimpy laptop that just runs a light UI through the browser. Real latency benefits vs running remotely, especially on a typical coffee shop wifi.
Ahh, but I don't see that happening any time soon.
Edit: or spark up a really powerful instance on something like Hyper.sh when you need it, close it down when you're done. Pay more to get a well provisioned instance when you need real horsepower.
For the second point, I've had a lot of success doing this with a Jupiter notebook. It's not an IDE by any means but it's very productive for exploratory work, and when you need horsepower you just spin up the kernel on a beefier cloud machine.
Ahh, but I don't see that happening any time soon.
Edit: or spark up a really powerful instance on something like Hyper.sh when you need it, close it down when you're done. Pay more to get a well provisioned instance when you need real horsepower.