The Visual Studio Code Server is a service you can run on a remote development machine, like your desktop PC or a virtual machine (VM). It allows you to securely connect to that remote machine from anywhere through a local VS Code client, without the requirement of SSH.
After installing, I can run
code-serverand have a server running that I can then access with iPad via web browser to write code or website stuff.
I use this occasionally with my iPad and Raspberry Pi setup.