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

Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone

github.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

231–240 of 420 posts

Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone

#231

Post by latentsea »

analogpixel wrote: post #39

So this is the 4th+ article I've seen on using a VPN to vibe code on your phone. Would an email interface to Claude code work better? - Email Claude to start the coding - Claude emails you with any thing it needs acked on. - you reply back to emails telling it what to do. - maybe Claude can run your program and send back screen shots. seems easier then getting a vpn working. What is the downside to using email?

You don't need a VPN to vibe code on your phone. I've been happily doing thumb-driven development for the last 4 months now using GitHub Copilot on github.com from my phone. It even has real-time chat with copilot as it works. Having your PRs deploy to an environment allows you to check it. I also have playwright tests that record screenshots and traces that get uploaded as artifacts I can check too.

Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone

#232

Post by zuhayeer »

This is awesome! But I don't think you need to say never to all those display settings. You just need to go to Battery -> Options, and "Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off", and wake for network access when on power adapter.

Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone

#233

Post by tdeck »

henearkr wrote: post #129

I was coding a lot many years ago with a Nokia N900. The loss of the physical keyboard ruined everything for me. I really need the sense of touch.

Similarly I used to write Python on my Motorola Droid with the slide-out keyboard. But my touchscreen typing style these days relies heavily on auto-correct and trying to enter code is a real exercise in frustration.

Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone

#236

Post by vivzkestrel »

"2. Make sure your computer is ON and UNLOCKED When disconnecting/reconnecting power, make sure you unlock the computer. I've ran into this issue one too many times."

- this is the biggest problem that needs to be solved

- i dont want to keep my computer running 24x7 wasting power for stuff like this

- why not make a robotic arm that you keep at the computer table which can use open cv to plug the computer on when required?

Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone

#237

Post by efskap »

godelski wrote: post #136
runjake wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Would an email interface to Claude code work better? No. > What is the downside to using email? Email is clunky and feedback is not immediate. > seems easier then getting a vpn working. Tailscale is easy for a dev to get going and very reliable. The author uses the Termius SSH app with Mosh, so it keeps the same SSH session going across device sleeps and disconnects. Tmux is helpful, too. I do exactly what the auth…

While I don't use the AI part I have a very similar scheme and it is one of the reasons I encourage people to live in the terminal. The idea is to create a modern "terminal"[0] My main computer is a Macbook Air, which I carry around with me. It's purpose is for: internet, using Microsoft products when I'm forced to, Zoom/meetings, and SSH (or Mosh). Most of my work is not done on this Macbook, instead I use it mostly…

Yeah thin clients [0] make a lot of sense with this kind of workflow. If you only really need text, living in the terminal and browser, it might make sense to use eink for eye comfiness and outdoor readability, something like this hack: https://maxogden.com/kindleberry-wireless. Or one of those eink android tablets.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client

Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone

#238

Post by postalcoder »

runjake wrote: post #124
analogpixel wrote: post #39

So this is the 4th+ article I've seen on using a VPN to vibe code on your phone. Would an email interface to Claude code work better? - Email Claude to start the coding - Claude emails you with any thing it needs acked on. - you reply back to emails telling it what to do. - maybe Claude can run your program and send back screen shots. seems easier then getting a vpn working. What is the downside to using email?

> Would an email interface to Claude code work better? No. > What is the downside to using email? Email is clunky and feedback is not immediate. > seems easier then getting a vpn working. Tailscale is easy for a dev to get going and very reliable. The author uses the Termius SSH app with Mosh, so it keeps the same SSH session going across device sleeps and disconnects. Tmux is helpful, too. I do exactly what the auth…

> Tmux is helpful, too.

Yes. tmux is essential. It's great to be able to monitor a session from desktop, or to pick up an existing conversation i'm having on the computer on my phone. In my shell, I have gemini flash wrapper that I use to manage my sessions so I can quickly connect to an existing one, or create a new one with natural language.

> He doesn't seem to be credited on this page, but I believe Pieter Levels (@levelsio) actually popularized this scheme. The author documents a nearly identical scheme.

I've been doing this (tailscale + termius + tmux + ssh) for at least a year and a half. First with Aider in this exact setup, and now with Claude Code and Codex.

Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone

#239

Post by ec109685 »

biinjo wrote: post #206

I don’t get it. How is this different from using the Claude iOS (and I assume Android) native app and use their “Code” option. It fires up a Claude Code session in the cloud and you can vibe code anything while on the toilet.

Claude iOS is way worse. You don’t get the full tui.

Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone

#240

Post by ec109685 »

mands wrote: post #171

I've seen this concept a few times recently and am interested. However, what's the benefit over just using the "Claude Code for Web" feature built into the Claude Code mobile app? It clones your repo into a VM which has a bunch of dev tools installed, you can install additional packages, set env vars, and then prompt it remotely. The sessions can be continued from the web and desktop apps, and it can even be "telepor…

The Claude code tui is so nice. The web and iOS apps neuter it weirdly.
Post reply on HN