Stupid things that don’t work on an iPad with Cloud9

Long title, I know. Sorry. As I’ve mentioned in the past, my preferred computing device right now is an iPad Pro. That’s enabled by my favorite development environment, AWS Cloud9. A complete end-to-end dev environment in the cloud, accessed through a browser? It’s a dream come true! But not everything is sunshine and roses. While it works, it doesn’t always…

Cloud IDE: AWS Cloud9 vs Azure Codespaces

For years, I’ve done almost all of my development in the cloud. Most of this has been spent with Cloud9 (and then AWS Cloud9 after Amazon bought the company). Now that I’m using an iPad Pro full time (more on that in another post) this has become more important to me. And following the success of Cloud9, competitors have started…

What everyone gets wrong about the iPad Pro

I recently bought an iPad Pro and the Magic Keyboard. More on that in an upcoming post. But when I was making my decision to purchase, I did a lot of research. And I would always come across reviews like this one from Tom’s Hardware Guide that complains about how heavy/thick the Magic Keyboard makes the iPad. They compare it…