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		roland35 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas I believe extensions are actually installed on the host itself! At least when I use vs code remotely it shows "install on xxx" for each extension if I haven't installed it yet

knallfrosch 9 months ago [–]

Exactly. You can use extensions without even installing them locally. They're installed on the host.

Now imagine your host is a rented VM that you throw away after use.

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