I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by moconnor » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 1:13 PM UTC

I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode
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Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by drivebyacct2 » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:00 PM UTC

Random observation: Who uses an iPad + "the Cloud" + vim, and rips low quality DVDs?

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by casca » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:02 PM UTC

I'm a big fan of tmux* and vim but there's a limit to the complexity of system that you can develop efficiently with vim. A good graphical IDE used by a skilled operator will be more likely to generate correct, consistent code faster.

If you're using vim and think you're developing as well and as fast as you can, you're probably wrong.

* 17 years of screen and I've finally switched over to tmux. None of the features were sufficiently compelling for me to change, but it's so much faster

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by dpapathanasiou » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:05 PM UTC

Can you really write code efficiently on such a small (9.7") screen?

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by moconnor » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:06 PM UTC

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #2

Random observation: Who uses an iPad + "the Cloud" + vim, and rips low quality DVDs?

A UK expat who can't (legally) get UK series like Outnumbered digitally, yet still wants to take them with him on his iPad.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by moconnor » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:08 PM UTC

dpapathanasiou wrote: post #4

Can you really write code efficiently on such a small (9.7") screen?

I wondered about that, too, but I haven't noticed a feeling of being constrained or blinkered. I'm editing 85 rows and 35 columns with a pleasantly-large font. Check your editing space inside an IDE - is it really that much larger?

My guess is that (1) any function I'm writing is generally entirely within view anyway, and (2) with Vim I never scroll around looking for something, I jump directly to it with a search command.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by idspispopd » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:10 PM UTC

It's interesting to see that other people are noticing how poor the google web experience has become on iOS. It seems especially deliberate when I note that android & chrome use webkit.

I've even swapped the default search engine to bing because it provides a better layout, especially so for image searching which in my view is broken on iOS.

This from the company that just released tools to aid the transition to mobile web.

(and yes, I'm aware that they hate each other, but why should I be punished? reminds me of the MS from yesteryear.)

Also: there is general feedback that google's optional services are generally quite good, which makes it curious that the originally very good google search/image search was replaced with versions that aren't up to scratch.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by suivix » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:11 PM UTC

You can also use SSH + screen with your MacBook... that's what I do with my MacBook Air since it's much more pleasant to deal with than the company IBM laptop.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by raganwald » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:14 PM UTC

  One fateful day, VMWare and OS/X conspired to trash my
  shared filesystem, losing several days of uncommitted
  code in the process.

Several days of uncommitted code? We need to have a heart to heart talk about your process.

Re: I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode

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Post by moconnor » Wed, Nov 02, 2011, 2:15 PM UTC

casca wrote: post #3

I'm a big fan of tmux* and vim but there's a limit to the complexity of system that you can develop efficiently with vim. A good graphical IDE used by a skilled operator will be more likely to generate correct, consistent code faster. If you're using vim and think you're developing as well and as fast as you can, you're probably wrong. * 17 years of screen and I've finally switched over to tmux. None of the features…

If you're using vim without all the features of a graphical IDE, you're missing the right plugins.

I used Delphi for years, then Visual Studio for years, then Eclipse for a while, then QtCreator for years. I've haven't found anything in any graphical IDE that can't be succinctly reproduced in a text-only environment like vim.

I can imagine a whole load of awesome features that would require a truly graphical output. They just haven't been written yet.