A cloud development environment (CDE) is a platform that combines development environments with cloud technologies, providing developers with predefined workspaces, comprehensive tooling, and high-performance remote resources. This setup aims to improve the developer experience while reducing costs for the organization. The traditional method of setting up a development environment has become outdated due to changes in software projects, resulting in issues such as long onboarding, inconsistency, expensive hardware, geography-related problems, and supportability concerns. CDEs address these challenges by providing automated setup, consistent infrastructure, and cost-effective solutions, ultimately freeing developers from tedious tasks and reining in cloud spend for the organization.