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All of these problems are working back from the solution to the problem. Life has taught me to start at the problems.

by uuyi 5y ago

ericlewis 5y ago
Problem: don’t want to bring thing that must be attached to a keyboard at all times to be useful. Solution: iPad.
- uuyi 5y ago
  That's a terrible causal relation. Run a KT decision analysis. The iPad will never come out as the device you actually end up writing code on if you're honest with yourself.
  - jll29 5y ago
    What I see a lot at airports is: people traveling with ALL of the following: - mobile phone - iPad - Laptop So each time another smaller device gets invented people just _add_ it instead of the smaller devices replacing the bigger ones. So despite all the technical integration, the weight of people's hand luggage (gadgets + adaptors) actually goes up, not down!
    - ericlewis 5y ago
      Yeah exactly and each device has a time & place imo too, while I said travel without - I typically don't. But when it comes to the device I can wield in a given scenario it absolutely depends, having the options is great.
    - mbreese 5y ago
      I’m about to get on a plane with all of those and a remarkable tablet. The iPad is the one I’m considering leaving, but I think I’d rather watch media on the iPad than try to bring an Apple TV. I tried to replace the computer with the iPad, and even with the app listed above, it just wasn’t there for me.
  - ericlewis 5y ago
    Uh, well.. I do. Do I need to show you my project files to prove it?
makeitdouble 5y ago
Half of these are the problem I faced and solved with the bigger iPad Pro. I prefer it to my macbook for a lot of things, and that’s what I’m typing this response on. Would you have the same approach to desktops vs laptops ? You would sure acknowledge that a 5k screen tower desktop on Gb LAN, TBs of disk space, no compromise CPU, powerful graphics card with an excelent keyboard is a better coding machine than a MBA in the absolute. But I don’t see someone explaining using a laptop for the same tasks as “working back from the solution to the problem”. Different form factors have different trade-offs and their pro and con.

All of these problems are working back from the solution to the problem. Life has taught me to start at the problems.

by uuyi 5y ago

All of these problems are working back from the solution to the problem. Life has taught me to start at the problems.

ericlewis 5y ago

Problem: don’t want to bring thing that must be attached to a keyboard at all times to be useful. Solution: iPad.

uuyi 5y ago
That's a terrible causal relation. Run a KT decision analysis. The iPad will never come out as the device you actually end up writing code on if you're honest with yourself.
- jll29 5y ago
  What I see a lot at airports is: people traveling with ALL of the following: - mobile phone - iPad - Laptop So each time another smaller device gets invented people just _add_ it instead of the smaller devices replacing the bigger ones. So despite all the technical integration, the weight of people's hand luggage (gadgets + adaptors) actually goes up, not down!
  - ericlewis 5y ago
    Yeah exactly and each device has a time & place imo too, while I said travel without - I typically don't. But when it comes to the device I can wield in a given scenario it absolutely depends, having the options is great.
  - mbreese 5y ago
    I’m about to get on a plane with all of those and a remarkable tablet. The iPad is the one I’m considering leaving, but I think I’d rather watch media on the iPad than try to bring an Apple TV. I tried to replace the computer with the iPad, and even with the app listed above, it just wasn’t there for me.
- ericlewis 5y ago
  Uh, well.. I do. Do I need to show you my project files to prove it?

makeitdouble 5y ago

Half of these are the problem I faced and solved with the bigger iPad Pro. I prefer it to my macbook for a lot of things, and that’s what I’m typing this response on. Would you have the same approach to desktops vs laptops ? You would sure acknowledge that a 5k screen tower desktop on Gb LAN, TBs of disk space, no compromise CPU, powerful graphics card with an excelent keyboard is a better coding machine than a MBA in the absolute. But I don’t see someone explaining using a laptop for the same tasks as “working back from the solution to the problem”. Different form factors have different trade-offs and their pro and con.