I have used Codeanywhere from a chromebook over the last couple of years. Not for heavy duty stuff but it gets me by in a pinch if I'm not at my own computer and need/want to edit stuff on my own server. Otherwise codepen etc is fine for me for quick on-the-go stuff.
I did this too. It is mostly fine as you say but it does feel a bit clunky at times in my opinion.
I really just wish vscode could run effectively native (local file system) in a browser tab. Throw in a few other goodies and it would be a truly competitive OS for developers in my opinion. For me its just so much nicer to use than most Windows and Linux flavours I have tried at various points. It even has a few wins here or there over OSX.
