Port22 asks whether phone-first coding agents should start runs or only approve them

casualhermit · reddit · 2026-07-27

A Reddit post about Port22 asks whether a phone app for coding agents should only let you approve runs on your Mac, or also start a session from the phone.

The author says feedback already changed the product direction: instead of a better approval UI, users wanted fewer approvals, retry logic, spend limits, and prompts only when human input actually matters. They also note that a silent phone is ambiguous — it could mean success or a crashed run — so they’re considering a better status signal. The key design question now is whether starting a coding session from a phone is actually useful, and whether that session should always wake and use the user’s Mac or be able to run elsewhere when the Mac isn’t available.

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