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Secure, Scalable, and Hassle‑Free Development Environments
What do you like best about the product?
Coder makes development faster and more secure by providing consistent, browser‑based environments that eliminate setup hassles and improve team collaboration
What do you dislike about the product?
to be honest nothing, I love it! it has increased productivity for our teams across the board!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Coder solves the pain of inconsistent local setups and slow onboarding by providing secure, standardized cloud‑based environments. This reduces downtime, eliminates ‘works on my machine’ issues, and lets my team focus on delivery instead of configuration, ultimately improving productivity and governance.
Effortless Development Across Devices
What do you like best about the product?
I use Coder for development on my personal projects. It's great because I can work anytime and on any device with just one click, which saves me the time I used to spend setting up projects on new laptops. The web editor is very helpful, especially when using tablets or Chromebooks. It's also easy to run heavy projects on any device. The installation of Coder is easy, though it could be even more convenient if PostgreSQL came with the package. Overall, I'm comfortable using Coder and even gave it a 9 out of 10 in terms of recommending it to others.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have been using some third-party tools like Scaletails for remote access, and it would be more helpful if Coder had a built-in option to expose endpoints. Also, sometimes I tried using Coder with VSCode desktop, and it didn't work properly for me. While the installation of Coder is easy, it would be much easier if PostgreSQL came packaged with it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Coder to work on any device at any time with one click, saving setup time. The web editor is helpful on tablets or Chromebooks, and I can run heavy projects on any device.
Secure, Consistent Environments Made Easy
What do you like best about the product?
I like that my development environment works consistently no matter where I log in from. I use Coder to manage reproducible dev environments on our infrastructure, which is useful for maintaining security, controlling access, and ensuring consistency for all developers. It helps solve security and access control issues by keeping code and development environments in a centralized infrastructure instead of on local machines. I use Coder alongside tools like Git and Docker as part of my development workflow, and moving to Coder from local setups definitely made onboarding and collaboration easier. The initial setup was quite easy—I faced some hiccups but was able to look at the docs and troubleshoot myself.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a bit of a learning curve at first, especially when setting up templates, but it gets easier with use. I also faced some hiccups during the initial setup but was able to troubleshoot using the documentation.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Coder to manage reproducible dev environments, ensuring security, access control, and consistency. It centralizes code and environments, solving security and access issues, and allows my development environment to work consistently from anywhere.
Reliable Onboarding with Coder, Needs Deployment Flexibility
What do you like best about the product?
I use Coder for faster developer onboarding and support in the process. I like that the product is reliable and stable. It's a good tool that's been working well so far.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think Coder should have the feature to deploy in on-prem, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and cloud solutions. I haven't fully worked on it within a POC model yet, so there might be room for improvement. It could be more cost-effective and faster for onboarding, eliminating the need to work on different machines.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Coder makes developer onboarding faster and helps support the process. It eliminates work on machines, making it cost-effective.
Effortless Dev Environments, Some Setup Challenges
What do you like best about the product?
I really like how Coder lets me easily spin up multiple development environments, which usually would be impossible on a single box. This flexibility is fantastic because I can have separate AI agents working in each environment on different tasks. Another great feature is the ability to easily share links to my development environments with the team, which is incredibly convenient.
What do you dislike about the product?
VSCode sometimes disconnects and takes time to reconnect. Setting up Coder with Terraform is tricky, particularly handling variables like environment or template variables. I've had a lot of trouble ensuring the template had the right value at the right lifecycle. The initial setup was hard; it was easy to get a trivial example up, but much harder to get it working with lots of downstream dependencies.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I can easily spin up multiple development environments with Coder, allowing AI agents to work concurrently on different tasks. It's typically impossible to have two dev environments on a single machine, but Coder lets me spin up as many as I like.
Seamless Collaboration and Quick Onboarding with Coder
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate Coder's seamless integration with Visual Studio Code. It's definitely a benefit for me because it makes setup feel like I have a fully configured local environment with VMs and VPNs, without initially having to setup a full suite of differing technology just to get started initially. The use of Coder to lower the barrier to entry for new joiners. From just one login and one click, I can be in Visual Studio Code making code changes in the first few minutes. This is particularly valuable for getting new joiners up and running fast, which I find really valuable.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have not encountered any direct issues with coder - I have not been super involved with the infrastructure side of coder however. More and end user.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Coder helps us manage version and environment dependencies, ensuring a seamless experience for developers and new joiners. It facilitates easy debugging, collaborative work, and pair programming, especially across remote locations.
Versatile and Efficient for Linux, Needs Improvement on Windows
What do you like best about the product?
I like the ease of use that Coder offers. The strong Kubernetes support makes it easier to maintain and isolate services, and I appreciate the configurability of the templates for each application. It's great that these templates can be managed not only by the platform team but also by individual teams, which eventually allows developers to manage their own infrastructure. I also find the integration with Git to be good as it simplifies the onboarding process. Although we haven't used it extensively yet, I like having AI agents as native support in Coder tasks.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Windows support isn't as strong as Linux, with issues like missing default metrics and hard-to-debug Coder agent problems. Managing multiple services with a single proxy for local development is tough in a microservices architecture, often needing an additional proxy for routing, which is a big blocker and a hassle. The connection between different Coder services/workspaces is cumbersome as environment files need constant updating, especially tricky for Windows systems without subdomain support, making developers focus more on infrastructure than their actual work. The onboarding learning curve was a challenge at the start, even though templating helped eventually.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Coder to provide a consistent environment for everyone, speeding up the setup process. The Git integration makes onboarding easy, and Kubernetes support simplifies service management. Configurable templates empower teams to manage their infrastructure, enhancing efficiency.
Terraform Makes Ephemeral Infrastructure Easy
What do you like best about the product?
Leveraging terraform to create ephemeral infrastructure
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be a bit complex for homelab setups
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Maintaining consistent dev environments, without needing to keep them all active at once
Consistent, Secure Self-Hosted Dev Environments with Coder
What do you like best about the product?
What stands out most about Coder is its ability to create consistent, self-hosted development environments. Another big advantage is its focus on security and control. Teams can run development environments and even AI coding agents on their own infrastructure
What do you dislike about the product?
The main downside is complexity. Setting up and managing Coder requires a good understanding of cloud infrastructure and DevOps concepts, which makes it less accessible for smaller teams or beginners.
It also feels more enterprise-focused, so for individual developers or small projects, it may be overkill compared to lighter tools.
It also feels more enterprise-focused, so for individual developers or small projects, it may be overkill compared to lighter tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Coder solves the problem of inconsistent development environments and slow onboarding.
This benefits me by reducing setup time, improving consistency and making collaboration smoother across teams.
This benefits me by reducing setup time, improving consistency and making collaboration smoother across teams.
Enhances AI Code Security with Centralized Control
What do you like best about the product?
I use Coder to enforce secure, compliant, and policy-driven code generation across AI-assisted development. I appreciate how it solves the problem of uncontrolled, insecure, and unobservable use of AI coding tools by adding centralized visibility, policy enforcement, and security guardrails. It prevents sensitive data leaks and ensures consistent code quality by enforcing rules on how AI generates and modifies code. I find it valuable in reducing security risk, ensuring compliance, and giving teams control and visibility over AI-generated content at scale.
What do you dislike about the product?
The setup complexity can be a bit of a hurdle. It might slow down developer workflows due to its strict policies and requires ongoing tuning to avoid being overly restrictive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Coder to enforce secure, compliant code generation and solve uncontrolled, insecure AI coding by providing centralized visibility and policy enforcement, preventing data leaks and ensuring consistent code quality.
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