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Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
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Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
#82Using this with tmux and various VPN tech. Main issue is scrolling. Termius + tmux don't scroll very well. And I've been led to believe tmux is necessary to keep sessions open when I turn off my phone screen
Scrolling is quite jenky with Termius - I thought there's a way to keep sessions going when there are intermittent drops in connection via Termius, but for how I've been building, when I lose connection I just restart claude and reexplain the context of the task.
Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
#83I remember when I started learning coding, and didn't have a computer. I literally used to use my phone to write code - terrible experience, but I was determined
Imagine doing that on a time share system through a rotary phone...
It wasn't coding, but tech support...I was on vacation from my law office IT job. All I had was my PalmPilot, the clip-on modem, and my sister's landline phone system. I spent 2-3 hours one day exchanging email with my firm's law librarian (the only other semi-technical person in the firm) troubleshooting some odd network problem. We got it done, but it was torture, tapping out messages with the Palm's stylus.
Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
I assume he means people are too poor to have multiple devices, and if you only have one it's probably a phone. That said I'm dubious anyone who only has a phone is doing meaningful coding
There is this guy: https://github.com/OXY2DEV/markview.nvim/issues/216#issuecom... . I haven‘t used his plugin, but it seems quite popular (+3k stars). I guess ergonomics don‘t matter so much yet when you are young..
Huh, makes you wonder if it's actually doing it on his phone or if he has a keyboard and maybe dock and monitor he attaches it to. I suppose my original comment was too broad, there was a point not too long ago when everyone wanted to replace their laptop with their phone. Samsung even let you dual boot linux from your phone with DeX
Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
I remember when I started learning coding. I didn't have the Internet. It was also terrible and I was also determined.
When I started learning coding I had to write my C code on paper and have it sent by mule to the nearby city where the only computer in the area existed. Only a week later I would hear back the result of my programs.
I assume you’re joking, but I have a Cuban acquaintance who actually did something like this. He did everything on paper and even won a national coding competition without ever having actually used a computer. Of course, as soon as he had the opportunity to leave Cuba, he left for good.
Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
#86Does this approach work for anyone? For my life, I've found that if I'm not behind the computer then I'm not in a productive situation anyway, even with AI access. I don't have a setting where I can concentrate for a long time and think clearly. For examole when watching children, doing groceries, during transit (probably have to change train in 20m, or walking to next destination). No convenient access to a notepad…
Yeah, even if I'm on a plane or a train I probably wouldn't pull out my laptop.
Lack of space, vibrations etc. even though I can do a lot of work offline if the internet is spotty. It's just not enjoyable.
I prefer to read or chill out.
I kind of envy people who are like oh yeah I coded the feature on the flight... I can't really get in the zone in that environment.
Saying that, I assumed this post was a joke. ssh to a work machine or a personal machine through a VPN is not new, even if you happen to run claude code in that terminal.
I'm interested in these "micro exercises".
Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
#87So 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?
Email is funny - maybe as a backup. Prompting is chatting.
Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
#88So 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?
Inspiring me to do this in Telegram
“Why not Telegram”
all the crypto bros are already there, and maybe some e-commerce
Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
#89It’s a simple idea but one that hadn’t occurred to me yet. I spend hours each week riding transit, and use Claude for a bunch of side projects and have Tailscale set up already, so looks like I’ll be giving this a try this week! Doom coding might be doomed while I’m in the transbay tube though, with awful cell service… How’s the diff review? I rely heavily on the vs code integration for nice side by side diffs, so lo…
Let me know how it goes! From the comments above, seems like you can use tmux to keep persistent sessions when you lose Internet connection - but I haven't tried myself.
Diff review is alright. I'm an amateur programmer. Sometimes I don't look at the code claude generates, but when I'm troubleshooting a bug, I'll ask claude to output all recent changes - which satisfies my untrained eye.
Re: Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
#90you missed the part where you're using tmux to have the same session between your phone and your laptop
Just learned about tmux lol - thank you for this!