Did you mean to reply to this comment instead of what you replied? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15627722

I did.

That's not what OP was talking about, but for what it's worth you can get a decent dev environment going on Android. Termux offers a command line with a great selection of packages you'd find on most Linux distros (a C compiler, python, git, tmux, etc) and if you plug in a USB OTG cable you can use a full sized USB keyboard too. Adjust the DPI to the most comfortable setting and you can get a passable dev environment going.

Huh? He said he wrote a comment on HN using his iphone.