Cloud Coding Agents: Moving Code Agents Off the Laptop

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-06-28 · Open on X

Topics: Industry Trends & Job Market, AI Dev Tools & Productivity, AI Agents, Tool Use & MCP · Level: beginner

Summary

A short opinion post. It quotes a prediction that most developers will move their coding agents from laptops to the cloud in about 6 months, and the creator says Cursor and Devin's cloud agents are nearly ready for that. It is a signal about where AI coding tools are heading, not a tutorial.

Key points

• Quoted prediction: about 6 months until most devs run their code agents in the cloud instead of on their laptops.
• The creator thinks Cursor and Devin's cloud offerings are 'almost there'.
• Trend to watch: coding agents running as cloud workloads, not local IDE sessions.

Resources mentioned

• Cursor · tool · x.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  AI-native code editor (VS Code with AI built in).
  Also in: GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash now in Cursor (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Grok Bot Can Now Hand Off Coding Tasks to Cursor (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Why Plan Mode Still Matters in AI Coding Assistants (Codex, Claude, Cursor) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Why Plan Mode Still Matters in AI Coding Agents (Codex, Claude, Cursor) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 121 more
• Devin · tool · x.com · paid
  A desktop app from the makers of the Devin coding agent for planning, delegating, reviewing and shipping work across fleets of local and cloud coding agents.
  Also in: Using the Devin iOS App to Build iOS Apps (Quick Demo) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Use Your ChatGPT Plus/Pro Subscription to Run Devin (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), OpenAI DevDay recap: Dots, GPT-6.1 Sol, Codex Cloud, Agents API (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Devin price cuts and top score on FrontierCode 1.1 Extended (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 44 more