[armanj]

for vibe coding stuff, especially when you're outside touching grass, I believe MacBook Neo is perfect. it fills the gap between the phone remote control (which is too painful for chatting with ai cli) and, well, not having any dev device.

[weezing]

Do people really do that when out in the wild?

[jlokier]

It's one of the nicest things to do if you love computers, and great for your health compared with staying indoors.

> Could one actually work like this, typing and everything? After my “heart-rate discovery” I decided I had to try it. I thought I’d have to build something myself, but actually one can just buy “walking desks”, and so I did. And after minor modifications, I discovered that I could walk and type perfectly well with it, even for a couple of hours. I was embarrassed I hadn’t figured out such a simple solution 20 years ago. But starting last fall—whenever the weather’s been good—I’ve tried to spend a couple of hours of each day walking outside like this

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-prod...

https://quantifiedself.com/blog/stephen-wolfram-finds-workin...

[phainopepla2]

How do you deal with screen glare?

[gib444]

Moving to the UK is one option. It's been cloudy for about 7 months!

[Exoristos]

You get an Apple product. At least, for me it was that simple. The ThinkPad I had was pretty high end, and I was using polarized glasses and even a sun shade to work at the park while the girls played. Bought a MacBook and the screen seems to crisply outshine even the sunniest days -- I haven't had to worry about outdoor use since, to my recollection.

[Schiendelman]

+1 to this. Those screens are great in ways that specs just don't show you.

[jlokier]

Back when I did much work outside, I used a laptop that had accidental transflective characteristics. In bright sunlight, the LCD actually become quite clear monochrome, with some pixels acting as mirrors and others not, but I don't think they designed the LCD to do that.

[redman25]

I'm not OP but I work outside and use light mode. Macs are generally fairly bright as long as you aren't in direct sunlight. Solarized light mode for the win though.

[weezing]

I love computers but I am not addicted to computers.

[wiseowise]

LLM addicts do. The AI overlord said to touch grass, because it is beneficial, but they've glanced over the main part of "disconnect from everything".

[weezing]

That's kinda sad to be honest. It's better to just disconnect and enjoy the surroundings. You can get shit done and then rest outside without LLM bullshit.

[zozbot234]

It can't run LLMs very well, you'll be limited to tiny models with no coding ability and they'll be slow.

[armanj]

i assumed you're connected to internet and using codex/claude code

[timpera]

I'm pretty disappointed in the Neo's battery life though, it limits a lot how much you can do on the go.

[bombcar]

How fast can it recharge is probably the main limiting factor. I’m used to finding power wherever I can from the bad old days, but the M1 laptops have spoiled me.