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And in this case it doesn't even really…",{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"5894557","rgbrgb","This looks great. I'm a bit skeptical but very excited to do iOS dev on my iPad mini!",{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"5895963","pimpl","Man, with git support it looks just perfect.",[103,117,124],{"value":104,"source":88,"evidence":105},"Why code on a tablet at all; laptops are more productive",[106,110,113],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"5894656","danbruc","Why would you want to write code on a tablet? What happened to »the right tools for the job«?",{"id":111,"by":108,"text":112},"5894866","Yes, I read that. What I was up to is how painful this makes development. Even developing on a laptop is utterly painful - single small screen, no mouse, no real keyboard. It is…",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"5894687","hnriot","While this may be fun, all of the \"why\" points are better satisfied with a macbook air. As good battery life, if not better with new machines.",{"value":118,"source":88,"evidence":119},"Cloud syncing of code and files is a privacy concern",[120],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"5894869","marban","\"Your code, images, and other files get synced to our cloud servers.\" That kills it for me.",{"value":125,"source":88,"evidence":126},"The name Binary is too generic and confusing",[127],{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},[129,135],{"value":130,"source":65,"evidence":131},"Support for the iPad mini and Android tablets",[132],{"id":133,"by":11,"text":134},"5894567","Hi! Creator of Binary here - I plan on adding support for the iPad mini and (hopefully) Android tablets this fall.",{"value":136,"source":88,"evidence":137},"Git support",[138],{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},[140,146],{"value":141,"source":88,"evidence":142},"Pricing and subscription for remote compiling",[143],{"id":144,"by":58,"text":145},"5895077","Is there any pricing information available? 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