Nix and NixOS are in something like the state git was in before GitHub: the fundamental idea is based on more serious computer science than the status quo (SVN, Docker), the plumbing still has some issues but isn’t worse, and the porcelain and docs are just not there for mainstream adoption. I think that might have changed with the release of flox: https://flox.dev, it’s basically seamless (and that’s not... - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

While you might find that using the Google Cloud online console or Cloud Shell environment meets your occasional needs, for maximum developer efficiency you will want to install the Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) on your own system where you already have your favorite editor or IDE and git set up. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

Here is the product https://cloud.google.com/shell It has a quick start guide and docs. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

If you are worried about creating other accounts etc - you can just use your gmail account with https://cloud.google.com/shell and that gives you a very small vm and a coding environment (replit or colab are way better than this though). Source: about 2 years ago

One workaround...launch a Google cloud shell from a personal google account and try the ssh toy from there. It's free. https://cloud.google.com/shell. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

Google Cloud Shell may be adequate for your friends needs. https://cloud.google.com/shell. Source: over 2 years ago