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qnm
This is neat. I’d love to be able to code in an iPad.

Related, I found GitPod a while back, it offers a VSCode experience and also manages running services for you.

https://www.gitpod.io/

aaronedam
What keeps you from using Visual Studio Codespaces?
chabad360
Gitpod has been around for a while longer.
Psyonic
does codespaces work on the ipad now? last time I checked it said the browser wasn't supported.
dperfect
FYI - you can host this yourself in a docker container using https://github.com/cdr/code-server .

I recently set this up on a server running from my home (only accessible via WireGuard) precisely so I can code anywhere from my iPhone. Combined with a folding bluetooth keyboard (because typing code on an iPhone screen is terrible), it's turning out to be a pretty useful portable dev environment.

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babaganoosh89
I went the same route but it was too buggy and slow for me, I found screen sharing to be better using Jump Desktop.
zapzupnz
Did you try using iOS 13? I noticed a serious improvement with its new version of Safari compared to past releases.
dperfect
My experience has been the opposite; it's significantly faster than any screen sharing I've ever used, and I've not encountered any bugs so far. I suppose there are a lot of factors at play (connection speed, server specs, phone specs, etc), so YMMV.
yodon
> The app uses code-server, a browser version of Visual Studio Code hosted by me so there is nothing to setup.
vageli
This seems like the author of the service has complete access to your code.
gsumpster
Nice! I recently ditched my older 15" MacBook Pro for a MacBook Air and configured the VS Code Remote Container plugin to run against a $20/mo Digital Ocean server and it's been mostly good so far!

I was so tired of my MacBook Pro's fans being constantly on and always needing to be plugged in with dev servers and VS Code extensions running. Github Workspaces look promising too, looks like the same work.

TechBro8615
I did the same. It’s been a huge game changer for productivity for me. We have a docker heavy stack that can easily chug 6gb of RAM, and that’s even before considering all the Docker bugs with high CPU usage on Mac when using bind mounts. Now, my computer is silent, and my dev environment is running 24/7 so I can instantly context switch into it without my laptop heating up or needing to close programs or anything like that. It really has increased my productivity substantially.
quickthrower2
$2.99 a month for a web view around the existing open source online vscode? No thanks.
nexuist
This is not my project, just something I found while looking for similar alternatives. I agree with your points though!