Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

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

old.reddit.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

151–160 of 185 posts

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

#151

Post by Izikiel43 »

isoprophlex wrote: post #135
zachlatta wrote: post #133

We are doing a fundraiser for him to get a laptop here: https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/oxy2dev-laptop Transparent ledger of donations: https://hcb.hackclub.com/oxy2dev-laptop/transactions We need about $500 more USD to get him an M1 MacBook Air (they are more expensive in Bangladesh, where he is based). GitHub thread with details: https://github.com/OXY2DEV/markview.nvim/issues/218 . Here is a Reddit commen…

From my spoiled western perspective it seems surprisingly difficult to either just send him the money or have a laptop delivered to him. I wouldnt have guessed that upfront...

Welcome to dealing with a 3rd world country, this is expected.

Source: Am from 3rd world country.

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

#152

Post by shanselman »

zachlatta wrote: post #133

We are doing a fundraiser for him to get a laptop here: https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/oxy2dev-laptop Transparent ledger of donations: https://hcb.hackclub.com/oxy2dev-laptop/transactions We need about $500 more USD to get him an M1 MacBook Air (they are more expensive in Bangladesh, where he is based). GitHub thread with details: https://github.com/OXY2DEV/markview.nvim/issues/218 . Here is a Reddit commen…

you're the best Zach

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

#153

Post by brokenmachine »

autoexec wrote: post #134
barosl wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just the default one. I tried some alternative keyboards and they are better in some ways but in the end the default keyboard was enough. Termius provides input of some special keys (e.g. Ctrl, Alt, Esc, Tab, Home, End) so that's another reason why the default keyboard is enough.

Be sure to check the privacy policy on your default keyboard. I've been burned by that before. The default keyboard on my last galaxy phone was sending every single keystroke to a third party and checking their privacy policy showed they used that data for things like market research, guessing at my level of education, building a psychological profile, detecting my interests, etc. and that they in turn shared that da…

Phone keyboards are a big security risk.

Is there a way to completely block them from accessing the network?

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

#154

Post by [deleted] »

konradkpl wrote: post #8
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.

He posted a recording in which you can see how he works https://github.com/OXY2DEV/markview.nvim/issues/216#issuecom...

[deleted]

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

#155

Post by brokenmachine »

Why not just plug a USB or bluetooth keyboard into the phone?

That would be 90% of a laptop IMO. Although I haven't tested it much, Samsung Dex makes my phone appear very much like a laptop when using an external keyboard and monitor.

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

#156

Post by isametry »

pavlov wrote: post #20
ivjw wrote: post #18

Whenever I want to put something down, I open the browser on my phone, type in the address bar, then hit . Later I synch them along with the other tabs when I have access to the desktop. This routine developed totally unintentionally and has been somehow more productive than all the fancy notetaking apps I'd used. Maybe it's something about the claustrophobically tiny input slot that makes me want to widen it as much…

That's even crazier than my habit of writing notes in macOS TextEdit and never saving them. (Currently at "Untitled 235")

Have you given Stickies.app a try? It is designed exactly around this model (notes are never "saved" in a true sense, they just live all over your desktop, what you can do is export / import text however).

Although I'd be surprised if you haven't.

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

#157

Post by isametry »

thih9 wrote: post #27
pavlov wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's even crazier than my habit of writing notes in macOS TextEdit and never saving them. (Currently at "Untitled 235")

I’m at 380; I discovered that if you open mission control[1], preferably via the four-fingers-swipe-up touchpad gesture, you get some pretty visuals. Also, I have access to all of them on my phone via Files app and the iCloud sync, this is surprisingly practical. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Control_(macOS)

> I have access to all of them on my phone via Files app and the iCloud sync

TIL that "unsaved" TextEdit files automatically go to the iCloud/TextEdit folder! That changes things for sure. (It also means that there is no such thing as an unsaved TextEdit file.)

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

#158

Post by wendyshu »

zachlatta wrote: post #133

We are doing a fundraiser for him to get a laptop here: https://hcb.hackclub.com/donations/start/oxy2dev-laptop Transparent ledger of donations: https://hcb.hackclub.com/oxy2dev-laptop/transactions We need about $500 more USD to get him an M1 MacBook Air (they are more expensive in Bangladesh, where he is based). GitHub thread with details: https://github.com/OXY2DEV/markview.nvim/issues/218 . Here is a Reddit commen…

Why a MacBook, out of curiosity?

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

#159

Post by autoexec »

brokenmachine wrote: post #153
autoexec wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Be sure to check the privacy policy on your default keyboard. I've been burned by that before. The default keyboard on my last galaxy phone was sending every single keystroke to a third party and checking their privacy policy showed they used that data for things like market research, guessing at my level of education, building a psychological profile, detecting my interests, etc. and that they in turn shared that da…

Phone keyboards are a big security risk. Is there a way to completely block them from accessing the network?

Nothing reliable that I know of. To have any hope at all of being able to do that with Android you'd need a rooted device. Without root access "your" phone isn't something you can reasonably hope to secure since Google, your phone carrier, and the manufacture all have privileged access to your device while you don't. Even with a rooted device I'd only use an app that you trust. The default samsung keyboard that phone came with out of the box was downright adversarial so at least I got rid of that, but I don't think of cell phones as something I can really secure or trust in a meaningful way.

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

#160

Post by cr125rider »

zachlatta wrote: post #144
wordofx wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He doesn’t want one sent to him because he believes customs will hold it until bribed.

We shipped 10,000 packages of free hardware and other prizes to teenagers this summer as part of https://hackclub.com/arcade/ . In total we shipped to 119 countries. India and Bangladesh caused by far the most issues with customs. Packages got held up, and they often tried to charge duties of up to 70%. His concern is definitely real. The best option is to buy an item within the country using a US card, or to buy an…

Customs theft is basically the norm there, it’s very frustrating.
Post reply on HN