It's funny, there was a goofy toy computer called the "DevTerm" that popped up on the top of HN a couple times recently. It was more expensive than this, had a terrible non-hinged design, and was about $50 more than this, likely with comparable or worse performance.
IMO for $199 with a full clamshell and ARM Linux... this is the real deal if you want to learn to code on the cheap or just have an inexpensive laptop for dev tasks.
IMO for $199 with a full clamshell and ARM Linux... this is the real deal if you want to learn to code on the cheap or just have an inexpensive laptop for dev tasks.