alt Hacker NewsShow HN: uvx ptn, scan a QR, get a terminal in your phone
Scan QR → web terminal → vibe coding in bed. Mobile-first terminal via Cloudflare Quick Tunnel. No port forwarding. Feedback welcome.
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I can recommend tailscale for creating private networks. It has a generous free tier and would reduce the attack surface considerably compared to ngrok
Better yet would be setting up your own wireguard instance and not relying on free lunches. But as far as free lunches go tailscale would be my preferred option
This is great. If you’re skeptical, vibe coding in the go is great because of how async the agentic coding workflows can be. Nothing like fixing a bug in the dentist office.
Lots of different technical solutions for how to do this, including the Claude and ChatGPT mobile apps nowadays. I use Tailscale. Choose what works best for you and enjoy.
> I wanted to vibe code from bed.
In this case, I think using Termux + SSH would be more convenient and compatible with all devices running sshd.
Love it, I've been looking for something like this for a while now. But please add a password to it if you have the time. I might chip in by next if you're open to contributions.
Genuine question here: How is this better than a mobile SSH client + something like Tailscale or Yggdrasil?
I wanted a secure solution, that still can be run in one command, and came up with this, https://gist.github.com/thomasht86/86f0f8f62db1839054abd8a7e...
This command:
lsb_release -cs
What you want is UBUNTU_CODENAME from /etc/os-release (in the case of Linux Mint 22.2, it's "noble")
EDIT: Actually, I'm not even sure you can do $(command) inside /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
I like this but I hate how everything has to be tied to AI now to get attention. “I wanted to vibe code-“ who cares? It’s a neat tool, do we have to force AI into it?
Very cool, indeed.
One nit-pick: Terminus requiring a lot of setup work:
Terminus is trivial to use with a rented VPS. But, ptn solves a different problem
I’m also vibing from the iphone. Termius connects via ssh to remote server where I run claude code. Ssh connects also over a wireguard connection. So ports are not an issue because they are all available via wg in a secure way. Additionally I have code server running there automatically port forwards and giving me ssl. So when I run “pnpm dev” in tmux in ssh then I access it via https://3000.dev.mydomain.com which works great for development.
Love it.
Laziness - the mother of (most) invention.
Further information concerning tunneling protocols, sshd/ ssh is accessible in the man site:
"Warning: The URL is the only authentication. Anyone with the link has full terminal access."
Could you make it so the URL is one-use only, such that once you've scanned it with your phone you can stop worrying because anyone else who uses it won't be able to start a session?