I really like my iPad but I find it sometimes maddening that the closest I can get to using it for software development is with a character terminal, yet it's actually faster than my MacBook.
I have found it really great for one type of serious work: writing. (With an external keyboard of course, which I think is fair.).
And I think there are some places where it really ought to be the better tool for professionals:
* Editing photos (pretty good already but not pro-level)
* Audio workflows (can't judge but seems good?)
* Video workflows (maddeningly weak at this point)
* Storyboarding (again can't judge)
I get that Apple doesn't consider this a tool for making software, and I sort of wish I could get by with just writing and editing the occasional photo, and I realize that I could of course write whatever I want in Xcode if I had time.
But as a UNIX guy, having returned to the Apple ecosystem after it became a UNIX ecosystem, the inaccessibility of the UNIX sitting under iPadOS still rubs me the wrong way.
I have found it really great for one type of serious work: writing. (With an external keyboard of course, which I think is fair.).
And I think there are some places where it really ought to be the better tool for professionals:
* Editing photos (pretty good already but not pro-level)
* Audio workflows (can't judge but seems good?)
* Video workflows (maddeningly weak at this point)
* Storyboarding (again can't judge)
I get that Apple doesn't consider this a tool for making software, and I sort of wish I could get by with just writing and editing the occasional photo, and I realize that I could of course write whatever I want in Xcode if I had time.
But as a UNIX guy, having returned to the Apple ecosystem after it became a UNIX ecosystem, the inaccessibility of the UNIX sitting under iPadOS still rubs me the wrong way.