jotaen

> I would assume, however, that they didn't "fake" it - that they instead chose a filming position and lens such that camera was obscured behind the edge of the device

I’d suspect the same. From that angle, the camera bump is on the opposite edge; when I hold my iPad Air in the same position, the camera bump is also just about hidden.

That being said, I’d also suspect that Apple chose that angle deliberately.

> Are there any limitations compared to a native app?

Probably only minor ones; three come to mind:

- The web app has to be loaded every time (~700K total right now), whereas the native app works offline. This could be mitigated with a progressive web app, though.

- Fullscreen mode is usually blocked by mobile devices for websites, so you always see e.g. the address bar. That’s just a visual thing, though.

- I’d assume that native audio APIs would allow for more control (and are likely easier to work with too).

I’m wondering whether anything could be done in terms of name/“tagline” to clarify this? (Or maybe this is just a peculiar niche?)

> For the first time in a decade or so you can buy a PHYSICAL key and use it to sign into websites. I can explain this to any grandma out there.

What would you answer if grandma asked you what happens if she loses her physical key?

I think there is a difference between “nitpicking” and “discussing” details. I personally do not see any nitpicking in OP’s comment, I rather see it as valuable and well-presented contribution to the general (wholistic) discussion.

To me, your response would have been just fine with only the last sentence.

README on Github says “pi.dev domain graciously donated by exe.dev” (though that doesn’t say anything about the original price of course).

The post says their web frontend was public.

This is the portfolio website of an event agency, not the Gmail website.

> in general people would like their IDE to run language servers, set up build systems, and any number of other things

That I understand, I’m mainly wondering why all that would have to happen automatically by merely opening a folder.

My personal preference may differ here, but for things like running a build or starting a dev server, I usually prefer to trigger them manually, and not have them silently executed only by me browsing through the sources.

Therefore I’m trying to understand whether there are legitimate use-cases for this “auto-run on open folder” feature besides the obvious convenience aspect of saving one or two extra clicks.