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Ask HN: How do you browse a big codebase on your phone?
- pGuitar 4y agoconnect your phone to a 50" 4k TV/monitor and use a Bluetooth keyboard
- palashkulsh 4y agoWhy would you :|
- GianFabien 4y agoIf you have exceptionally good eyesight and skinny fingers, then any browser should be fine, just like on a desktop, using the mouse only. Once the on-screen keyboard pops up it would be even more difficult. As for myself, I need glasses and have thick fingers, so I would even think of trying.
- svarovski 4y ago
- anigbrowl 4y agoOpen a terminal Grep the function calls, perhaps doctrings too Call back the person you foolishly told to expect an immediate appraisal and remark 'I have investigated that old codebase.' Set up an appointment to discuss it at length and then browse it more comfortably over the weekend on a normal screen instead of torturing your corneas
- beardyw 4y agoAs fun as watching a movie through a keyhole.
- forgotmypw17 4y agogrep and vim, basically
- ayende 4y agoYou don't
- joshxyz 4y agoI dont, i wait till im on my lappy or pc lol.
- soueuls 4y agoIf I could not really use a computer at the moment, I would look at the biggest project dependencies, if some are unknown to me (or I don’t know them enough) I would instead spend sometimes reading their documentation. It does not fully answer the question, but I think I would still gain valuable knowledge about the codebase indirectly, rather than being utterly slow trying to navigate a big codebase on my phone.