This is one of those examples for me where the idea is far superior than the implementation. The idea of anyone being able to quickly write code from anywhere, as the main promo video suggests, is fantastic and greatly motivating. In practice, coding on an iPhone (even with an innovative new joystick), is gimmicky at best, given how deeply ingrained good ergonomics are in the coding process. I struggle to see this as…
I work on iSH, which is in a similar product area. The thing is that by all intents and purposes the environment we give you is terrible: you have a software keyboard, and navigating around and typing is pretty bad. But we have plenty of users who love it and use it really heavily. Why? A lot are children who have phones but can’t always access a computer. Some people want to code on the go. They’re really doing it out of necessity when they don’t have another device, not because the experience we provide is good. There’s definitely room for improvement but I doubt using a phone will ever be as pleasant as using a computer. And that’s fine.