A while back (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41749567), I had shared my hobby project AirCodum (formerly CodeAir) which lets you pair your phone with VS Code and do things like command over it from your phone, share files & images from your phone into your VS Code workspace and more! You could also request screenshots to know what’s happening on your screen, which is useful in monitoring long running tasks, when you are AFK.
As a next iteration to all that, I am introducing a new feature in the extension and app that lets you directly mirror your VS Code instance (actually your entire Desktop screen) on to your phone and do things such as:
- Have complete control over all aspects of VS Code
- Custom mobile keyboard that I am trying to optimize for mobile based coding (a really under-explored area IMO)
- Command easily over VS Code via support for nearly all the commands from the VS Code command palette via auto-complete suggestions (800+ commands are part of custom keyboard)
- Voice support so that you can also input things via voice (voice > typing on phones?)
- Mouse and keyboard control from your phone
What this essentially enables is a way to be able to code right from your phone! I have been finding it useful for monitoring things and for quick interventions on things happening on my PC such as failed builds or tests, and I can rerun those by re-running a few commands in the terminal, even when I am AFK! I have also been using it for building hobby projects while on the go.
I look forward to your thoughts and feedback if you get a chance to try it out. The extension is open source and there’s app support for both Android and iOS now!
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