Ask HN: Why don't people program on their phone?

Re:Ask HN: Why don't people program on their phone? by bediger4000 on Friday November 02, 2018 @01:30PM (#18364947)

To answer your question directly: because of the wretched, misanthropic keyboard, only a very few will develop directly on a phone. You really need a larger keyboard to be able to input letters without flow-interrupting corrections.

Special development workstations will fit in with the goals of larger corporations in that such special workstations will cost more, and therefore limit entry into the market. So I expect we will only rarely see anyone developing directly on a smart phone.

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't people program on their phone? by ajeet_dhaliwal on Sunday November 04, 2018 @06:21AM (#18375331)

This for me, I can barely compose a text message on a phone. With the formatting and indentation required for programming it would be a nightmare. Might be solvable with a text editor app but then I’m missing key dev tools I may need.

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