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by ericlewis 1536 days ago
> This is the solution being applied before the problem again. It is a case of applying compromises to fit the solution into the available device rather than look at the problem and choose a device suitable for it. I travel with my iPad. It's fine for that. But I'm certainly not going to be writing up anything extensive or writing any code on it.

To each their own I guess.

> I prefer not to shit or wash where I compute :). As for the surfaces, the iPad is the least flexible device. At worst you have to hold it constantly which is painful after an hour or so.

11in iPad isn't that heavy, I use it for hours on end this way. Don't skip arm day?

> Having used Swift Playground extensively, I think you must be living in the future where they fixed all the show stopping bugs and crashes. It's totally unusable for me and doesn't meet even a minimum bar for quality.

Maybe try the new version? I don't know what to tell you. It works great for my primary work which is in SwiftUI and app development.

> It's definitely quicker to type. But it's quicker to draw than type if the scenario isn't suited to textual description.

Never in that scenario personally.

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It's almost like personal devices are used in personal ways and your weird application of "logic" to peoples decision making processes differs from how others think.