I Closed My Laptop. The Session Died. That's Not Remote.
Claude Code Remote Control sounds great until you close your laptop. Honest review of what it actually is, Anthropic's cloud alternative, and the third option I built.
I Closed My Laptop. The Session Died. That's Not Remote.
The image I had in mind: pull out my phone on the subway home, send Claude a quick "did the tests pass?" and get a reply.
Anthropic built exactly that. I tried it on day one.
It's not what I imagined.
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