this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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That thing is sexy and I have a romanticized view of cyberdeck-like devices, but what do people who do this kind of work actually need and use? As cool as this type of device is, are they actually useful?
I remember my team hired a dude that would walk around with one of those old Nokia things. We were giving him a tour and he was logging into each box as we went along. I got the sense he was pretty comfortable with it.
Personally, I don't get it. I really don't want to thumb type out anything more than a couple sentences.
Also, probably unrelated, but that dude lasted only a few days.
It made him so efficient that he finished work in a few days.
Amazing.
Maybe, I would pay decent money for something that's comfortable to thumb type on for coding/terminal work from bed
The extreme portability is attractive. If I'm on holiday and only have to work over ssh to restart some services and edit configs, it's awesome. I have actually done it with a pi, with a separate screen. It's great.
No, you just dont work while on holiday and that's that
I agree in principle, but shit happens, e.g. scheduling conflicts. In smaller organizations, sometimes it's the only way to unblock the team.
Anyway, I could think of also checking out my personal servers.