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What do you all do on your phones that isn't doom-scrolling or mindless mini games? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Brad@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I find myself checking out pretty often and just making myself feel bad about the state of the world, or killing half an hour on stupid games that I could 100% live without. This is probably pretty common, and I'm wondering what other people have found as a way to do more productive things with their phones in the downtime.

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[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use mine to SSH into my homelab and fix misbehaving servers so I can use them on the go.

I also have rustc and my full neovim configuration installed inside of termux, so sometimes when I'm really desperate I can write code on the go too. Using neovim and an onscreen keyboard with an escape key and easy access to symbols makes the experience of writing code on a touchscreen... I won't say good. I won't even say tolerable. It makes the experience marginally less agonizing.

Using neovim with a Bluetooth keyboard however is an experience basically equivalent to desktop apart from screen size. On long car trips when in the backseat I like to wedge my phone in the headrest and use it like a tiny laptop. The performance isn't as bad as you'd think.