I program on the subway

I used to get so much done on my BART commute. Also learned piano on a little 25 key midi keyboard until the program I was learning from started needing a 26th key.

Re: I program on the subway

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Post by kevin_thibedeau » Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 4:57 PM UTC

> I don't even have an internet connection.

Vibe coders feeling a great disturbance in the force.

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Post by gozzoo » Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 5:06 PM UTC

cadr wrote: post #4

I used to get so much done on my BART commute. Also learned piano on a little 25 key midi keyboard until the program I was learning from started needing a 26th key.

That's so cool. Can you share more about this. What program and keyboard did you use? Did you proceed with more serious learning?

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Post by chrischen » Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 5:14 PM UTC

With coding agents AI almost never manually type code anymore. It would be great to have a code editor that runs on my phone so I can do voice prompts and let the coding agents type stuff for me.

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Post by firefax » Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 5:16 PM UTC

cadr wrote: post #4

I used to get so much done on my BART commute. Also learned piano on a little 25 key midi keyboard until the program I was learning from started needing a 26th key.

I used to get frustated that the train shook so loud that in combination with the sound of the train I struggled to listen to podcasts, kudos to you.

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Post by llbbdd » Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 5:18 PM UTC

chrischen wrote: post #7

With coding agents AI almost never manually type code anymore. It would be great to have a code editor that runs on my phone so I can do voice prompts and let the coding agents type stuff for me.

I have been doing this with GitHub's copilot agent web interface on my phone; word-vomit voice prompt + instructions to always run the tests or take screenshots so I can evaluate the change works really well.

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Post by lbrito » Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 5:19 PM UTC

chrischen wrote: post #7

With coding agents AI almost never manually type code anymore. It would be great to have a code editor that runs on my phone so I can do voice prompts and let the coding agents type stuff for me.

That sounds awful