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devpod
Codespaces but open-source, client-only and unopinionated: Works with any IDE and lets you use any cloud, kubernetes or just localhost docker.
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InfluxDB
Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
Have you considered devcontainers?
Its use results in carrying entire development environments with you, while not cluttering your host OS.
Using DevPod (https://devpod.sh/) ypu are not locked into Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code, but you can use whatever tool you want.
IMO this kind of setup will provide a much better DX than running a bunch of VMs eating away the resources of your laptop.
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