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1. comput+(OP)[view] [source] 2019-03-07 20:41:13
I hear you. Coming from a desktop app development background, I never got into mobile development because from far away it looks so constrained. I dream of a phone where I can use its hardware in whatever way I want.
replies(2): >>tomber+B5 >>cather+fP
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2. tomber+B5[view] [source] 2019-03-07 21:10:31
>>comput+(OP)
PostmarketOS seems promising...it doesn't have great hardware support right not but I see no reason that couldn't change.
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3. theyin+5a[view] [source] [discussion] 2019-03-07 21:39:48
>>tomber+B5
Hardware support is hard, that's why this normally fails, unfortunately.
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4. tomber+2b[view] [source] [discussion] 2019-03-07 21:45:28
>>theyin+5a
I do not doubt that at all. I know almost nothing about systems programming. If I did, I would almost certainly contribute.
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5. ethbro+8o[view] [source] [discussion] 2019-03-07 23:15:11
>>tomber+2b
Lesson #1 about systems programming is the same as lesson #1 about internal Enterprise programming:

The fewer people who see a thing, the uglier the source is.

And as you go down the stack on mobile devices... there are very few people watching, indeed.

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6. cather+fP[view] [source] 2019-03-08 05:19:53
>>comput+(OP)
That's exactly the motivation behind this phone, which has a simple OS and a connector on the back of it for hardware expansion:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2103809433/338898127?re...

It's less powerful than a smartphone, but designed from the ground up for hardware hacking.

disclaimer: I am part of the WiPhone project

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