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I have full Node.js, Python, Golang and VS Code with 50 extensions on my phone - and a lot of other stuff from Nixpkgs (using Nix on Droid). Yeah it's in a browser using openvscode-server, but I added it as a PWA app and on DeX that looks just like a normal desktop app.

The phone has 8 cores, 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB disk, it's better than what I had few years ago as a desktop computer.

The advantage is that I don't need a personal laptop - I have only the one from work, and that's the 16" Macbook Pro - I don't travel with that; it's easier to pack my USB-C to HDMI cable and the BT keyboard and mouse, also I don't really care if that is stolen or broken. At the destination I simply abuse any random TV as needed. All my important data is on pCloud plus some physical backups on my home NAS.

Now I really wonder if I could run Kubernetes on the phone...

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