I have been programming almost daily since earlier this year, and I have noticed a large amount of files being downloaded and uploaded in my gui. I believe that it is related to all of my code work being stored in my Documents, which are connected to my iCloud. Though, it never really seems to make substantial progress. I have been working and installing dependencies, create-react-apps and such.
How can I fix this before it becomes too much and avoid it in the future?