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> What You'll Need

> A Computer running 24/7 with Internet Connection

> A Smartphone

> A Claude Pro subscription

Or.. just install Termux and do it the same way you do it anywhere else?

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Termux with a 10-keyless BT keyboard in bed was a comfy way to solve AOC problems considering it released at midnight in my timezone.

This comment taught me about Termux. Good to know!

Make sure you install it via FDroid. Also grab Termux:API to be able to write little apps with bash scripts. Here's one I did which gives a notification based interface to Pandora: https://github.com/ijustlovemath/pbr

And what's the recommendation for iOS? Because, as it turns out, the Termux app on the App Store is not the same as the one on the Play Store, just uses the same name.

use blink https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/blink-shell-build-code/id15948...

Or shellfish. [1]

[1] https://secureshellfish.app/

Shellfish is underrated. It has a very convenient tmux integration (auto-restore a specific tmux session per host to work around iOS suspending background apps), supports SSH tunneling via other configured hosts, and can be used as an SFTP file provider for other iOS apps. It’s also generally polished and supports the expected standard terminal features.

There’s a few settings I wished were possible, like using volume buttons as modifier keys in Emacs (I’ve heard about this in other apps), but mostly it works fine.

Blink will end up giving you an experience similar to the stack in doom-coding (as Blink's local capabilities are very limited thanks to iOS rules) except you have to pay a subscription.

Termux on Android will let you do anything you can do on your standard Linux PC.

Hmm, maybe I got grandfathered in or something because I paid some set price a few years ago and have not had a subscription for blink, and just use it the same way I would use Ghostty and then ssh into another machine. Use something else if it needs a sub. Some sibling comments had some recommendations.

I just use ConnectBot to ssh to my house. It runs tmux and vim well, especially with a little pocket-size folding bluetooth keyboard to go with it.

Hang on, is Claude running on your phone/tablet and installing large dev dependencies right there? Or which parts of this stack are you replacing with termux?

Yeah, everything runs on the phone

Didn't vscode have a web browser version you could self host so where is the cursor version, anysphere?

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