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Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

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Re: Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

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Post by anshumankmr »

burgerrito wrote: post #12
matwood wrote: post #6

The Painted Man is a novel that was mostly written on the author's Blackberry while riding the train to work. https://www.geeknative.com/6955/the-painted-man-written-on-a...

I had a Nokia qwerty phone, and, man, it was such a superior way to type portably. I wish they still sell those kinds of phone... Like computer keyboards, it also had a ctrl key. That means that I can ctrl+c and ctrl+v to copy paste.

God knows how fast I could type on a BB. It was my first phone which was my dad's old phone and it got me into WhatsApp and browsing on the phone. Jeez, I remember my dad might have been one of the 10 people who ended up paying for WhatsApp. In my first year of having it, I think it was extended for free and I think it was acquired later by FB.

Re: Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

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Post by aembleton »

sharperguy wrote: post #72

I wonder what keyboard he is using? I use Thumb-Key which is a very unorthodox keyboard layout which I find speeds up things like typing special characters needed for coding. I can use vim decently well but I wouldn't develop anything that large with it.

Looks like a standard keyboard. He might use a different one when coding though: https://github.com/OXY2DEV/markview.nvim/issues/216#issuecom...

Re: Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

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Post by Namm22 »

This is truly inspiring! Writing a 25k-line Neovim plugin entirely on a phone and touchscreen shows incredible dedication and adaptability. It makes me curious about the tools or workflows they used to achieve this. What motivated them to stick with this unconventional approach?

Re: Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

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Post by InDubioProRubio »

barosl wrote: post #55

I also write code using my phone when I'm on a bus or the subway. It requires some patience but after getting used to it, the experience is surprisingly pleasant especially if you're familiar with terminal-based tools. My environment consists of: - Galaxy S24 Ultra - Termius: I think it is the best terminal emulator and SSH client on Android. The sad thing is that the paid version is a bit too expensive. ($10 per mon…

Laptop is superior.. sorry

Re: Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

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Post by mewpmewp2 »

yread wrote: post #3
ksynwa wrote: post #2

I'm getting a little bit of anxiety just reading about this. I hate typing on phone especially if the text haa symbols mixed in. I mistype a lot more often on phone and often somehow skip entire words. (Don't know what the cause of this is.) I am guessing they using some specialised keyboard that makes it easier to type symbols etc.

Or maybe they spent more time thinking before writing so they didn't have to rewrite it so much. Either way, very painful

I think best when I'm writing (code) though. It keeps my mind focused especially on the task at hand. I've been given feedback that I jump too quickly into code, but that's the way for me to focus. I would prefer to write a quick throwaway prototype as opposed to form some sort of plan or document. Otherwise my mind will wonder or I get some sort of anxiety.

Re: Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

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Post by gorlilla »

nanna wrote: post #86
barosl wrote: post #55

I also write code using my phone when I'm on a bus or the subway. It requires some patience but after getting used to it, the experience is surprisingly pleasant especially if you're familiar with terminal-based tools. My environment consists of: - Galaxy S24 Ultra - Termius: I think it is the best terminal emulator and SSH client on Android. The sad thing is that the paid version is a bit too expensive. ($10 per mon…

But how you type?

T9 on a Nokia 3310.

Re: Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

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Post by bmicraft »

ongytenes wrote: post #102

I been writing programs for over 50 years and I shuddered at the thought of doing it on a phone. My first thought, he must be a masochist. Then I thought he might not had anything better to work on. I'm a touch typist who doesn't need to look at the keyboard why typing. Given my cataracts and tiny screen and tiny keyboard, it is torture to type on my phone.

I can literally type on my phone without looking at the keys with an acceptable amount of erros. Might be a skill issue?

Re: Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

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Post by rlupi »

barosl wrote: post #55

I also write code using my phone when I'm on a bus or the subway. It requires some patience but after getting used to it, the experience is surprisingly pleasant especially if you're familiar with terminal-based tools. My environment consists of: - Galaxy S24 Ultra - Termius: I think it is the best terminal emulator and SSH client on Android. The sad thing is that the paid version is a bit too expensive. ($10 per mon…

I have been really impressed lately using Samsung Dex on a XReal Air 2. AR glasses have really improved in the recent years. It gives you a better screen than many small laptops.

For longer trips (train, airplane), add a mechanical wireless bluetooth keyboard (my choice would be a NuPhy Air 75) to feel like a king. For the occasional browser + SSH on the go, it's better (less space + better keyboard + larger screen experience) than bringing my 13" laptop (+ phone).

Re: Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen

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Post by seba_dos1 »

I used to write plenty code on a tiny resistive touchscreen of the Openmoko Neo Freerunner 16 years ago. I was often hacking on its OS itself since big chunks of FSO middleware were written in Python. 25k lines doesn't seem that much.

In fact, I found it less annoying for typing code than current big capacitive screens or even N900's keyboard (which was great for texting, but could really use an additional row of keys for symbols).

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