As a data scientist, it really helps to have a powerful computer nearby when you need it. Even with an i7 laptop with 16GB of RAM in it, you’ll sometimes find yourself needing more power. Whether your task is compute or memory constrained, though, you’ll find yourself looking to the cloud for more resources. Today I’ll outline how to be more effective when you have to compute remotely. I like to refer folks to this great article on setting up SSH configs.