If you are running SPJS on Linux, it does seem to need a restart every now and then because disconnects don't always seem to disconnect. Just click that restart button in the SPJS widget to kill and restart SPJS automatically.
If you're liking the workspace, feel free to fork and add features. One of the key items of ChiliPeppr is how easy it is to fork others code so that workspaces get pimped out by the community. This NodeMCU workspace is in its infancy, so it could use some help to get amazing.
The key thing I like is that all my NodeMCU devices end up having a user interface and thus ChiliPeppr has been great. I have a NodeMCU doing current sensing from an INA219 device and ChiliPeppr will show a real-time oscilloscope view of the data coming back from NodeMCU. So ChiliPeppr allows you to program your device as well as interact with it after the fact with a slick interface.
https://github.com/chilipeppr/widget-ina219