# Web development with nothing but a phone and a keyboard

DevFeed: [Web development with nothing but a phone and a keyboard](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/web-development-with-nothing-but-a-phone-and-a-keyboard-32307.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jack.ofspades.com/web-development-with-nothing-but-a-phone-and-a-keyboard/>)

Author: Jack Tarantino

Published: 2017-09-14T20:17:11Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jacopo Tarantino](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jacopo-tarantino.md>)

Topics: [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [dev](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dev.md>), [iphone](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iphone.md>), [keyboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/keyboard.md>), [laptops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laptops.md>), [life-hacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/life-hacks.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [remote-work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-work.md>), [slack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>)

## AI overview

A personal commentary about reducing the weight of a work backpack by leaving a client laptop in a locker and considering whether a phone and keyboard can replace a personal laptop for notes, chat, and limited development work.

## Source excerpt

Recently I started a gig where I was handed a laptop and told I should take it home with me at night. Now this isn't the worst thing ever but I was already carrying one laptop with me (my personal/work laptop as opposed to the one given to me