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Michiel Hendriks • Edited

My outside programming is done in dead tree format (read: books). Yes, reading books is also programming.

As others pointed out, using a laptop outside has some big problems. If I am outside with a laptop (or rather anywhere not behind any of my workstations) I generally only do administrative work or research. Serious programming requires proper input control and screen estate.

But sun glare, and generally a bad posture, makes using laptops outside a real pain (pun intended).
This is one of the reasons I prefer articles rather than videos on technical subjects. The articles can also be consumed outside.