I Built a CakePHP Plugin From My iPhone While Packing for a Trip

When AI tools meet persistent remote environments, the friction between having an idea and acting on it nearly disappears. In this article, I share how I scaffolded an entire CakePHP plugin from my iPhone using Mosh, tmux, Tailscale, and AI-powered CLI tools, and what that means for how PHP developers think about when and where they build. Disclosure - The author is a member of the CakePHP core team.