AI coders are carrying half-open laptops through airports, offices, and ice rinks

Geoff Chan keeps his laptop open after his daughters' skating practices. Geoff Chan AI fans are walking around with their laptops ajar to keep their coding agents running. Techies told Business Insider stories of walking with a cracked-open laptop through airports, offices, and high school hallways. "I think people think I'm whatever the equivalent of an iPad kid is for a middle-aged woman," one AI user said. Geoff Chan sees the parents staring at him. The 39-year-old head of product at Rav...