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OP here: Thanks for the comment. I thought I was clear that this was an experiment and that I wanted to try out things. Now that I'm using it for couple of mont

OP here: Thanks for the comment. I thought I was clear that this was an experiment and that I wanted to try out things. Now that I'm using it for couple of months, I have even more things to share that are not covered by my blog post.

lordleft 8y ago
Thanks for the article - as a developer with an iPad Pro, it was fun reading your thoughts. I haven't tried coding on it, but I love it as a supplementary machine.
- bosie 8y ago
  Mind expanding on how you use it as a supplementary machine? Any specific workflow you can share?
  - snazz 8y ago
    I use my iPad for email (reading and sorting; I write it so rarely anyway), HN-browsing, and as another screen for documentation or whatever. I think that’s about the limit of its capabilities. My biggest complaint is still how limited the interaction between apps is and how walled-off they are from one another: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19207796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19207796
a-saleh 8y ago
Would you be willing to try: a) some IOS-native IDE, i.e. http://continuous.codes/ http://continuous.codes/ ? b) how would android fare in comparison? I.e. I really like termux project, it seems to have much more installable packages than i.e. blink, and it could alleviate the need to run separate session in a separate box over the internet. Similarly, because android is based on linux, there are projects for running linux distros alongside (mostly in chroot?). I am currently trying to learn Ocaml on my android phone on my way to work with Termux :)
- snazz 8y ago
  Termux is awesome. iSH (https://ish.app https://ish.app) is trying to accomplish the same thing for iOS, but it might not be approved by Apple because it may break the current set of App Store policies. Termux also does not have the overhead of running a complete x86 emulator. I’ve never needed to, but the possibility of running Xorg (with a real window manager) on my phone is mind-blowing, even if it’s uncomfortable without a keyboard and mouse.
tosh 8y ago
+1 thanks for the writeup, I have a similar setup and reading the previous posts on blink et al was super helpful as well
macspoofing 8y ago
To be fair, this experiment has been run many many times since the the introduction of the iPad. I even tried it a few years ago because I liked the long battery life and the form factor (and after an HN article about iPad/Linode Dev setup[1]). Turns out lack of proper multitasking and multi-window management, and even lack of mouse support made everything cumbersome. Always needing a remote machine got old really fast too. No real benefit over a decent laptop. [1]http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-for-an-ipad http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-...

lordleft 8y ago

Thanks for the article - as a developer with an iPad Pro, it was fun reading your thoughts. I haven't tried coding on it, but I love it as a supplementary machine.

bosie 8y ago
Mind expanding on how you use it as a supplementary machine? Any specific workflow you can share?
- snazz 8y ago
  I use my iPad for email (reading and sorting; I write it so rarely anyway), HN-browsing, and as another screen for documentation or whatever. I think that’s about the limit of its capabilities. My biggest complaint is still how limited the interaction between apps is and how walled-off they are from one another: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19207796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19207796

a-saleh 8y ago

Would you be willing to try: a) some IOS-native IDE, i.e. http://continuous.codes/ http://continuous.codes/ ? b) how would android fare in comparison? I.e. I really like termux project, it seems to have much more installable packages than i.e. blink, and it could alleviate the need to run separate session in a separate box over the internet. Similarly, because android is based on linux, there are projects for running linux distros alongside (mostly in chroot?). I am currently trying to learn Ocaml on my android phone on my way to work with Termux :)

snazz 8y ago
Termux is awesome. iSH (https://ish.app https://ish.app) is trying to accomplish the same thing for iOS, but it might not be approved by Apple because it may break the current set of App Store policies. Termux also does not have the overhead of running a complete x86 emulator. I’ve never needed to, but the possibility of running Xorg (with a real window manager) on my phone is mind-blowing, even if it’s uncomfortable without a keyboard and mouse.

tosh 8y ago

+1 thanks for the writeup, I have a similar setup and reading the previous posts on blink et al was super helpful as well

macspoofing 8y ago

To be fair, this experiment has been run many many times since the the introduction of the iPad. I even tried it a few years ago because I liked the long battery life and the form factor (and after an HN article about iPad/Linode Dev setup[1]). Turns out lack of proper multitasking and multi-window management, and even lack of mouse support made everything cumbersome. Always needing a remote machine got old really fast too. No real benefit over a decent laptop. [1]http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-for-an-ipad http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-...