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Re:Ask HN: Why don't smartphones encourage programming like ... by acomjean on Saturday April 15, 2023 @01:40PM (#35582739)
If I wanted to write a mobile app for an apple device I really can’t do a native one as I run Linux on my computers.

Yeah there’s flutter or react for app development. But it’s just different.

Samsung has a thing called “dex” that allows your smartphone to hook up to an external monitor, as does the steam deck. These machines are powerful enough to develop on, they’re just locked down enough

Re:Ask HN: Why don't smartphones encourage programming like ... by perryizgr8 on Saturday April 15, 2023 @11:32PM (#35587034)
You can run full blown VS code on Dex. It is quite slow on my S10, but this is a 4 year old phone now.