where did I start ? what problems are ?

c/c++ programmer (embedded)
Work with huge code base which located on a server (strong cpu, ram, disk, …)
Try to navigate source code at local machine with moderm text editor, ide.
- Pull a part of code from remote, build. VScode, sublime text seem slow when try to indexing definition, reference
- Using text editor, ide to navigate huge source doesn’t seem a good idea.
- don’t have enough header for libraries. trying to get all header to local in case of huge source also isn’t good idea. I tried that with header (7xx MB), vscode is tired with the header :( .
Maping source code to local from remote (NFS) also painful
Without support from ide, text editor for flychecking
- re-built when syntax errors, don’t realize potential bugs which can be alerted from compiler

Solution

Use tool for indexing huge source code
- rtags, cscope, ctags, …
Use flychecking which save me much time.
- syntax
- warning from compiler (init, cast, miss header, ….). this reduce time for sanity tasks.
navigate code on built server instead of local machine
- local machine weak than built server
- local machine take time when try to sync code from the repotories
- if built environment isn’t docker, try to navigate code in local might get incorect result
with emacs
- rtags
- flychecking with rtags

a file should be independence. Otherwise flychecking might meet many problems
- header is independent
- source code is independent