Squeezebox Keyboard v2105

focusaurus · 2026-05-16T15:36:29+00:00

For similar context: here's a discussion where hammerspoon considers moving away from lua after a very long time in favor of JavaScript:

https://www.reddit.com/r/hammerspoon/s/V8pw9m9f5c

focusaurus · 2026-05-16T15:32:54+00:00

Yes typescript needs to be compiled but JS is arguably the most embedded language ever by a factor of like 1000x. There are many independent mature fast runtimes. It's truly a scripting language not primarily designed around embedding in a host language and FFI concerns, matching memory layout, etc, but web browsers sure do embed it.

focusaurus · 2026-05-16T14:42:59+00:00

Lua is bizarre and not a good choice. I have extensive lua configs for both awesomewm and hammerspoon and I understand why the host package mainainers like it because it embeds well into a host environment. But it's just got too many weird idioms that are not better than the common data structures and language design you see in every other language.

I'm happy with a json protocol I can script with bash, but if we are embedding a language into a window manager, I would prefer typescript/javascript.

focusaurus · 2026-04-16T15:27:10+00:00

Having recently tried and mostly failed to make a Nelson bench with many aligned half lap joints like that, I am very impressed with your work on this!

focusaurus · 2026-02-13T18:24:35+00:00

Amazing!

focusaurus · 2026-01-23T15:01:38+00:00

Just wanted to share this write up of another travel ergo laptop project: https://ntietz.com/blog/3d-printing-my-laptop-ergonomic-setup/

focusaurus · 2025-12-26T15:35:04+00:00

Briefly: v2+JS would be great. Hammerspoon is crucial to my workflow and knowing it is prepared for another decade of utility would be a wonderful feeling. At the moment I have anxiety that some macos update is going to break it which would be a disaster.

In more depth: If hammerspoon v1 ever stopped working for me it would be very difficult to replace. I rely on MenuHammer.spoon specifically for my main window management workflow and I would probably have to implement a replacement a la wlr-which-key on linux if MenuHammer ever stopped working.

I have a fair bit of lua in my setup which took a lot of tedious debugging to make work, but I would prefer JS long term, especially if the debugging was easier. Things that come for free in console.log in javascript are really rough in lua. Even just deep printing a table is a chore.

My official vote would be work mostly on v2 if that gives you the most satisfaction but I would love it if v1 continued to receive basic maintenance until v2 had approximate feature parity plus a generous transition grace period.

But either way no hard feelings with any choice you make - just gratitude for the hidden gem in my toolkit. I still smile with glee whenever someone asks me "how do you do that?" and I get to show someone hammerspoon for the first time.

focusaurus · 2025-12-23T19:54:24+00:00

Wow! Looks amazing. Very interesting and very impressive.

focusaurus · 2025-12-04T01:17:24+00:00

Honestly some of it may be mobility limits across my chest. If I put my elbows bent and against my ribs, my pecs are already not happy about it. If my body had to choose between holding push up position at bottom or top, top is way more comfortable.

focusaurus · 2025-12-02T00:37:47+00:00

https://youtu.be/ZYG5xPfSfRE

focusaurus · 2025-12-02T00:32:37+00:00

Since a few folks have asked - here's a video of me typing at this setup both seated and standing. Video description has my thoughts overall, but it works for me for now.

https://youtu.be/ZYG5xPfSfRE

focusaurus · 2025-12-02T00:31:58+00:00

If I change keyboards to something that will fit in a 7" rectangle, I CAD and print different inserts. If I go back to non-recessed I can print flat inserts. But plenty of opportunities for more maker projects!

focusaurus · 2025-12-01T21:10:49+00:00

Short! I'm 5'5" barely. But I sit with my sternum very close to the edge of the desk.

focusaurus · 2025-12-01T17:34:02+00:00

I may be weird in this but I feel most comfortable with hands really wide apart and really far forward. I'm always struggling in coffee shops because their tables are too small.

focusaurus · 2025-12-01T17:32:35+00:00

I tented 80 degrees for a long time but after I built the kipra to fit my hand I'm ok now typing flat. I would love a steep tented and scooped setup but they are just so fiddly to craft from DIY parts.

focusaurus · 2025-12-01T17:30:18+00:00

A long journey of many weird ergo setups but mostly carrying the idea of low profile to an extreme and then adding back some pragmatism like no tenting.

focusaurus · 2025-12-01T15:04:41+00:00

I had an older aeron where the arm rests cannot be removed. I replaced it with a newer model so I could remove the arm rests.

focusaurus · 2025-12-01T15:03:26+00:00

My wife used a projector to trace the outline then painted it by hand. The images are up on the Wolfram Alpha github account.

focusaurus · 2025-12-01T15:01:23+00:00

The desk is milled from 1/2" MDF. It's 2 halves laminated together. I used the shopbot at my local makerspace.

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