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I do rust dev (nvim) and other ssh/terminal tasks on my Android phone. I get 82 rows and 118 columns, so not too worried about long lines. Mostly for something to do during my commute or when I want to do some coding without having to carry a laptop around.
Re:Resistance training load does not determine hypertrophy on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @07:50PM (#46450037)
A paper doesn't necessarily mean the information is new, but that there is now some/more evidence to support it.
Re:I Fell in Love with Erlang on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @01:12PM (#45890785)
I explain "X equals X plus one" as though each variable has an implicit version that increases whenever it's written to or as time goes on, but we can only access the lastest version.

For example

    X = X + X
is really

    Xv2 = Xv1 + Xv1
Re:Rustroid, a Rust IDE for Android on Sunday September 28, 2025 @07:22PM (#45408940)
I code on my phone using termux, tmux, nvim, and Unexpected Keyboard (no physical keyboard) on an Android phone. Vim style modal editing is actually really well suited to this kind of development.

It lets me work on my hobbies while I commute, travel, or am otherwise idle and is a nice alternative to scrolling social media or consuming content.

With git, I can just sync my changes and work from a PC when I can/want to.

Re:I built Foyer: a Rust hybrid cache that slashes S3 latency on Saturday September 27, 2025 @12:05PM (#45396968)
The page loads a "subscribe to author" modal pretty quickly after the page loads. You may have partially blocked it, so you won't see the modal but it still prevents scroll.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2025) on Saturday May 10, 2025 @12:43PM (#43946992)
> cover letter is very important, and please do not use chatgpt to write it (we have automated checkers in place)

Specifically this

> we have automated checkers in place

Do you have any reason to believe that your automated AI checker is accurate or reliable? If anything, you're biasing yourself against neurodivergent applicants or anyone applying using their non-native language.

Re:CSS Hell on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @09:01PM (#43767719)
Guess I'll go back to coding on my phone :'(
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2025) on Saturday April 05, 2025 @04:32PM (#43596599)
> Location: Remote

Descriptions: [ Staff Full Stack / Senior Backend ]

> This role will be a hybrid work format, with time split between working remotely and working onsite from our San Francisco, New York, or Seattle offices, 2-3 days a week as required by your manager.

Re:The Timeless 9 Golden Rules of Debugging on Monday January 13, 2025 @10:46AM (#42684702)
This is also covered by "make it fail"
Re:How ads are chewing through half of your mobile data on Sunday January 05, 2025 @02:29PM (#42604308)
This and Firefox on Android with uBlock Origin
Doing something pretty similar with u,v coordinates to project half-edge arrows onto triangle faces.
Re:CLI tool to insert spacers when command output stops on Monday December 23, 2024 @11:23AM (#42495533)
A bit fancier than my awk version

  awk -W interactive 'BEGIN { t = systime(); } { u=systime(); if (u - t > 1) { printf("= %s %ds =========\n",strftime("%T"), u - t); }; print $0; t = u; }'

Or if you want to clear the screen too

  awk -W interactive 'BEGIN { t = systime(); } { u=systime(); if (u - t > 1) { printf("\033[2J\033[H= %s %ds =========\n",strftime("%T"), u - t); }; print $0; t = u; }'
Re:Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin on Sunday December 22, 2024 @01:16AM (#42484699)
Logically, it couldn't be 50% since that would imply that the other 50% would be open brackets and that would leave 0% room for macros.
Re:Category Theory Illustrated: Logic(2021) on Friday October 25, 2024 @11:57AM (#41946493)
Circles in circles doesn't really scale well if the inner circles are always vertically centered.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)? on Monday September 30, 2024 @11:48PM (#41704466)
It might be worth having a price estimate comparison calculator instead of just a table. E.g., enter the number of users, the number of docs per week/month to show estimated price.
Re:A brief interview with Awk creator Dr. Brian Kernighan on Wednesday July 17, 2024 @02:54PM (#40989102)
It's an awk interview. "Awk creator" is relevant.
Re:Text editing on mobile isn’t ok on Sunday September 24, 2023 @09:54AM (#37633152)
E.g., Unexpected Keyboard has modifier keys and I can use it to enter Ctrl+Z on Android.

And a lot of other shortcuts, too (cut, copy, paste, select all, home/end, etc).

Re:Beyond Markdown on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:25PM (#36557568)
New rule needs ~ when * or _ is used inside words, so your example wouldn't need escaping. E.g.,

dis~/cuss/~ing