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I've been vanlifing for a few months now. I tend to have long hours on the road where my mind wonders and I want to write code hands-free.

So, I built it.

Using ChatGPT's voice agents to generate Github issues tagging @claude to trigger Claude Code's Github Action, I created https://voicescri.pt that allows me to have discussions with the voice agent, having it create issues, pull requests, and logical diffs of the code generated all via voice, hands free, with my phone in my pocket.

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Your van is probably better than mine, but when I was vanlifing with my wife, I really regretted spending so many long hours on the road. If I did it over again, I'd try to limit driving to a max of two hours per day and five hours per week. We spent far too much money on repairs and not nearly enough time writing code or exploring the places I drove through. Or past.

Are you reviewing code by voice, like a blind programmer? Have you tried Emacspeak? I know that's not normally hands-free.

Haha "better" is definitely relative. It's a 1977 Toyota micromini rv that I purchased for $750.

At least 50% of the available storage is tools to fix mechanical, plumbing, and electrical issues that appear, because it is inevitable given the mileage we are putting on. Definitely living a Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance lifestyle at the moment.

Code review absolutely happens via voice. The voice agent has access to the pull requests and code diffs and is able to reason about the changes and explain them to me.

I'm also playing around with a tool that opens up a visual preview of the Vercel/Netlify preview deploys so I can explore the (web) changes handsfree.

Emacspeak is new to me. I'll look into it. Thanks!

Mine was a 01983 air-cooled Vanagon with an aftermarket camper conversion. Similarly I had to spend a lot of the available storage on tools, but that didn't really help when I overheated the head and cracked it. Twice. I'm lucky that the leak in the fuel line that sprayed the underside of the van clean with gasoline didn't catch the whole thing on fire before we fixed it. That improved the gas mileage significantly! I hope yours is better than that.

Emacspeak has enabled at least some blind programmers to work efficiently, so I think its auditory code formatting abilities are usably good, which probably isn't the case for all screen readers.

That's terrifying. Glad it didn't catch on fire! The motor did blow a few years back and has since been completely rebuilt. Fingers crossed it will last awhile.

I understand the temptation, but please don't do that while driving. Partial attention isn't sufficient for safe driving.

Absolutely. I primarily use it while running right now.

You’re talking while running? I think you might be confusing running with slow jogging.

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