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This is a great read. I absolutely love the iPad, and it's one of the few devices I still find magical everytime I pick it up. I have an older iPad Pro 10.5" with a Smart Folio keyboard and I wonder if his setup is a big step up in terms of ergonomics. I've tried using my iPad for productivity related tasks but I find it too cramped.

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The 13” screen enables me to do split windows and multi task effectively. I don’t see split windows working well on an 10.5”. Having said that - iPad’s can connect to external monitors so 10.5” might just be a perfect size. K33g over at GitLab (who is also a core committer to golang) uses a 10.5”

https://twitter.com/k33g_org?s=20

> I still find magical everytime I pick it up

So magical. I love mine so so much. If it could run Xcode natively it would be so much better and I would not need to carry around my M1 MacBook Pro.

My problem with using the 13" iPad was that with the keyboard, it's not that much smaller/lighter than an Air. You still have a big battery and display, which will be roughly the same size. While I like the keyboard, it adds a decent amount of bulk.

I also use my iPad for drawing / handwritten note taking. This is a use-case which the iPad is clearly superior compared to a MBP/MBA. :)

I have the iPad pro (12.9") but I don't use external screen (but I used to work with an Air 11.6" for years) And with GitPod it becames almost the perfect notebook

btw, I'm not a core committer to golang but gololang (based on Java & invokedynamic)

> If it could run Xcode natively it would be so much better

That made me think, Apple must have some internal prototype of Xcode for iPad? Creating iOS apps on iPad could be a killer 'Pro' app, convincing people to choose a Pro version over the regular iPad. Maybe they are worried apps created on iPad wouldn't be quite the same standard as apps created on regular Macs?

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