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If your development environment is on a remote server, you might need to code on the remote machine itself to see the effects of your changes in real time. This scenario is fairly common these days as applications become more complex, and setting up a local development environment requires extensive configuration or mocking of the resources used in the app. In this case, you are left with very few options for code editors. Either you have to use CLI-based editors such as Vim, or you can use VSCode with the Remote SSH extension. Even with the extension, there are some issues related to code analysis and code completion. These processes have to happen on the remote machine, making your powerful local PC underutilized. And if you want to use Zed or Xcode, you are out of luck. ...

Today, fingerprint scanners are on almost every phone. Having a fingerprint sensor to unlock your device is very handy. By the time you pull a phone from your pocket and raise it to your eyes, it is already unlocked. It also prevents someone from snooping on your password or pattern over your shoulder or through a security camera. But it can fail to hide your sensitive chats and photos from sneaky roommates or nosy family members. They can easily use your finger to unlock your phone while you are asleep or too high. So, How Do You Prevent This?...