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In addition to the incredible engineering work here the OP casually flexes by showing the development happening _in an economy class airplane seat_.
by guyzero 6mo ago
In addition to the incredible engineering work here the OP casually flexes by showing the development happening _in an economy class airplane seat_.
- nine_k 6mo agoThis is the most incredible part. I cannot even use a laptop adequately in an economy class seat, I cannot position the screen so that I could see it, and the keyboard so that I could type on it, at the same time. (To say nothing of connecting a Wii.)
- lamasery 6mo agoI struggle so much to even comfortably play a handheld video game system on a plane, let alone use a laptop (I have also tried that) that I've mostly given up on even trying and just line up a few albums on my phone to listen to and close my eyes as much as possible. I can't imagine trying to program on a laptop with an external device, even something as portable and small as a phone, on a plane. I expect my frustration and frequently bumping things about would mean I'd get nothing done aside from having a bad time.
- weberer 6mo agoGet a pair of XR glasses. I bought some Viture glasses a few years ago and they have been perfect for flights.
- nine_k 6mo agoIndeed, the cost of decent good XR glasses is less than the cost of upgrade to the business class on a flight!
- pa7ch 6mo agoI can't imagine concentrating on a complicated project like that on the go, but I went back to stare in awe at said picture and I think its a train or bus. Still a flex.
- badc0ffee 6mo agoStill looks like a plane to me, with rows of 2-3-2 seats. There are definitely no buses that wide.
- ooboe 6mo agoThe picture with the black seats in on a train and the one with the green seats is on a plane.
- jventura 6mo agoIt seems a bus to me, just look at the size of the windows. Airplanes don't have windows like that..
- asimovDev 6mo agobecause of the mix of boredom, very shoddy internet that drops constantly and ANC earbuds removing distractions, I often find myself getting in the zone while riding the train back home from the office. As the kids say, I lock in
- slackfan 6mo agoWhat's flex-worthy about this? There's a lot of dev work that goes on in economy class airplane seats. Or are VC valley programmers so rich they fly business everywhere?
- badc0ffee 6mo agoIt's uncomfortable and awkward (the Wii was on his leg in the first shot), and often you need to break concentration and pack things up to let someone out of or into their seat.
- slackfan 6mo ago[flagged]
- xp84 6mo agoI didn’t think OP was saying it was performative, and I read that as they were just really impressed. And I would be too. I agree that coding on a plane can be a good experience, but also it can be tough to keep that focus on some flights, or with some types of neighbors.
- eastbound 6mo agoWhich means no access to Claude. Can’t wait for his sequel “I received a Cease and Desist Letter from Apple; Feeling encouraged, I registered the trademark ‘Wii subsystem for macOS’”.
- lamasery 6mo ago"I've now received my Cease and Desist letter from Nintendo over their Wii trademark. Feeling encouraged, I've written a full seven-world Super Mario Brothers sequel for macOS on the Wii that I've titled 'Newer Super Mario Brothers Wii Subsystem for macOS'"
- deathanatos 6mo agoWhy would there be no access to Claude? I mean, you need WiFi, and that's definitely a roll of the die on flights. But the last flight I had had WiFi, and the gal who sat next to me was vibe coding something. Meanwhile I was taking photos of the seat back infotainment system's map, which showed our ETA as being before we left. Sadly, we did not time travel.
- xp84 6mo agoI was on a flight next to someone vibe coding on Cursor via Starlink the other day. It was my first flight with Starlink.
- varispeed 6mo agoImagine if he was developing it on a laptop found at a refuse site that was still charged, just hiding in the hedge so that guards wouldn't see him.
- jedberg 6mo agoAnd the guy next to him is just staring at his phone, probably thinking, "I'm not even gonna ask". Although if it were me I'd probably annoy the heck out of him asking why he had a Wii on the airplane!
- dan353hehe 6mo agoI think it is a bus maybe? I can see out a window over some seats, and the overhead compartments don't really look like ones i've seen before. That being said, that is absolutely amazing they brought a wii where ever they were going to write and debug this while traveling! That is dedication! EDIT: nvm, there are multiple pictures of them traveling. First one looks bus like, second one look like an airplane.
- MBCook 6mo agoAt first I thought it might be a train. “Surely he’s not doing that on a plane“. Once he showed he went to Hawaii my idea made slightly less sense.
- easton 6mo agoApple had a commercial about this a million years ago, where a guy decides to edit a video on a plane. https://youtu.be/LQWjxAdSsHE https://youtu.be/LQWjxAdSsHE
- nxobject 6mo agoHuh - I know Apple’s first PowerBook 100 had an ad with Shaq on a plane, and then later one with Yao Ming… I guess Apple really wanted to crack the “I’m working on a plane damn it” market?
- kilpikaarna 6mo agoThat stood out to me as well. Specifically: how did he power the Wii?
- argsnd 6mo agoMany planes have AC power outlets, the Wii uses <20W.
- extraduder_ire 6mo agoI'm sure an external version exists too, but USB-PD makes some amazing things possible: https://shop.giltesa.com/product/nintendo-wii-usb-c-kit/ https://shop.giltesa.com/product/nintendo-wii-usb-c-kit/
- Thorrez 6mo agoIn one of the pictures, the laptop is on his tray, and the wii is on the tray of the seat next to him, and that seat looks empty. So the wii got its own airplane seat?