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I've been working on a browser on and off for a few years, I just started adding js support via Fabrice Bellard's Quickjs project and did this on my Pinephone w
by swiley 5y ago
I've been working on a browser on and off for a few years, I just started adding js support via Fabrice Bellard's Quickjs project and did this on my Pinephone while taking the train. I use FVWM as the DE with xvkbd as the keyboard (Originally I was expecting to have to change that but it turns out typing fast isn't needed to stay focused as long as you're decent at vim.)
I've tried coding on iOS before but the whole thing is really built to push you toward chatting and scrolling. Everything is miserable down to switching between your editor and browser, copying files, and running your build tools. Not to mention the feeling that you can't build your own tools to fix problems you have.
It's totally possible to be productive on a phone but you need to not be fighting against the OS vendor to do it.
- 1_player 5y ago> did this on my Pinephone while taking the train That sounds to me like the definition of living hell. Writing prose on a touchscreen is bad already, I can't imagine how bad it must be to write actual code on one. It's not an iPad(OS) problem, it's a form factor/peripheral problem.
- swiley 5y agoI've found prose is much more painful (by orders of magnitude really) than code (provided the keyboard has symbol/modifier keys and works well with your editor.) that's why I thought it wouldn't work.