I’ve been using Claude Code Mobile to make small tweaks and add new features to my app while lounging around. Given the device’s form factor and the kinds of situations it’s designed for, it’s dramatically easier than using a computer when all I need to do is turn ideas expressed in natural language into an implementation plan or work through the finer details of the design.
There are still some things a cloud session can’t handle automatically, though—such as applying database changes that require reading .env.local, or generating a .glb 3D model in Blender from Python code and then uploading it to Supabase Storage and Cloudflare R2 using secret keys from .env.local. For those tasks, I still need to switch over to my local PC environment.
As for Codex, the primary UI flow seems to assume that you’ll pair it with a computer that’s already running. Apparently, though, it can also be used in a standalone cloud session, so I’m planning to give that a try as well.