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by bergie 3185 days ago
I used a Chromebook Pixel as my primary dev machine for a couple of years. Works great with either crouton or Termux for the Linux-y stuff.

Later I switched to an Android tablet: http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/working-on-android-2017/

I had to return the tablet when I quit my previous job, so now programming from an iPad Pro.

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interesting, do you use an external kb ? doesn't the small screen bother you (especially multi window IDEs) ?
I used the 11" MacBook Air for a few years, so I'm quite used to working with small screens. Good eyesight means I can fit ton of vim splits on the screen with a small-ish font.

Example: https://d2vqpl3tx84ay5.cloudfront.net/android-tablet-2017/pi... (from the Android tablet I had before this current iPad)

Right now I'm typing this using the Smart Keyboard from Apple, but I also have a nice custom mechanical keyboard that I can plug in when I'm home: http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/atreus-build-log/