VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas

VSCode's remote SSH feature deploys a full Node.js agent via port-forwarded WebSockets that can traverse the filesystem, edit files, launch shell processes, and persist itself—a significantly more invasive approach than Emacs's lightweight Tramp system. While the feature enables useful LLM agent loops for iterative code generation and error correction, the author expresses security concerns about allowing this expansive access on development or production servers. The post notes that custom Fly Machine connections can work with VSCode without relying on this problematic architecture.