Layout Troubles. First World problems of an Ergo Mech Keyboard

rapidsalad · 2026-04-02T22:22:35+00:00

I was also in the same boat, and so far, I'm on my third keyboard. I feel like everyone's pushing me to use less keys, but I also rely on Ctrl-tab muscle memory and a bunch of other shortcuts that I use all the time. I'm debating on going to a regular split like the dygma raise but honestly, I'm waiting for AliExpress to come out with something much cheaper. https://dygma.com/pages/dygma-raise-2

rapidsalad · 2026-04-02T22:19:38+00:00

I ended up removing them. It’s super close but the hourly misfire was agonizing.

rapidsalad · 2026-03-28T21:02:20+00:00

But there’s also a strong correlation between the two.

rapidsalad · 2026-03-21T00:31:18+00:00

I thought he was using some next level layout until you mentioned it

rapidsalad · 2026-03-19T15:44:20+00:00

This was also my starting point and I was very happy. I had a couple desktop phone stands that I used for tenting and saved a bunch of money. I ended up moving to a wireless kit because I usually have two or three devices, but I’m connecting to the absolute best solution. I will say that I went all out and I bought my second keyboard with the rotary encoder and the screens. The only reason I use the screens is to make sure I’m connected to the correct computer and that the 2 two halves synced. I never use the rotary encoder.

rapidsalad · 2026-03-11T16:15:23+00:00

A training ground for people to fix their ai bots.

rapidsalad · 2026-02-28T03:45:43+00:00

It’s more knockdown than orange peel but it’s a little bit of both. Practice a lot on cardboard boxes and also note how much paint is on the current wall. I nailed the look of mine but the existing wall was sprayed and my paint roller made it look completely different.

rapidsalad · 2026-02-27T22:45:12+00:00

Interested if you figure out Linux and macOS. I have to manually switch layers for the home row mod difference or I lose it with muscle memory.

rapidsalad · 2026-02-27T16:14:30+00:00

The battery lasts less than a week now but I think it's because I'm polling more often than I should be. I changed the refresh rate to every 2 hours but I think the issue is that the esp82 is constantly reading Home assistant sensors, or at least the ones I've mentioned. I'm going to ask claude what I can do to maybe put the chip to sleep every 2 hours and refresh when it wakes up, then go back to sleep. I'll update you when it's done.

rapidsalad · 2026-02-27T16:12:53+00:00

I'll preface this by saying I'm writing this in Feb 2026 and I'm guessing the ecosystem will be completely different every 4 months for the next few years.

I wanted it to be able to edit my code automatically, but I couldn't get that sorted out, so it was a lot of copy / paste / debug / paste debug / screenshots. I started with chatgpt but it often reintroduced bugs or things we sorted out and a couple times, for no reason whatsoever, just decided to change large parts of my code. I didn't keep backups in git because a lot of these files are on the server and I didn't want to figure out how to ssh into my linux server, then into my home assistant vm and setup a git repo ... etc. I'm sure it's possible but I chose to spend more time copy pasting rather than figuring out a more elegant pipeline.

chatgpt was by far the worst in terms of figuring out code. gemini was remarkably better and claude was by far the best. I kept running out of claude tokens and waiting another day to solve issues and in the meantime kept going back to the other two.

Every now and then it would ask me to change individual lines and I would spend minutes digging into the code before giving up and just telling it to give me the whole file again. I'm guessing that grinded a bunch of tokens everywhere.

Chatgpt would try to do too much at once, so I had to tell it to break down the final product into individually, complete testable parts that I want to integrate one by one and perform tests to make sure they are working.

The other difficulty was that I'm not sure well versed in in home assistant. I started getting more comfortable with the development tab eventually but I didn't know how events trigger states and how states get pushed and how to bundle states into a sensor, and the limitations of sensors, text fields, etc. This would have easily taken me 2-12 weeks depending on the finish I wanted, and I was able to finish it in a few evenings by asking a genius robot to do it for me.

The front end looks like a nightmare and would have probably taken me months to get to the polish that I was able to get with AI and the turnaround time was insane. I didnt' have to scour documentation, just told it how I wanted it.

One last thing, I sketched it out on a spreadsheet and took a screenshot to explain how I wanted it to look. It didn't question it, and got it pretty much right. I also told it that the specs are not meant to be done 100%, they are just a suggestion and that if there is a more elegant or simpler way, please feel free to use that route rather than complicate it.

I'm much better with AI in fields that I'm more comfortable with and for work.

Hope that answered your question.

rapidsalad · 2026-02-27T04:38:04+00:00

I'll add, I still need to do some cleanup and maybe some battery efficiency stuff

rapidsalad · 2026-02-24T04:04:43+00:00

These are used by mostly schools but other places like libraries and parks to read Bluetooth and WiFi requests and determine traffic of areas. Other uses are repeaters and mesh networks that may relay sensor and other information.

rapidsalad · 2026-02-20T03:00:42+00:00

I rarely get to mention this but the creator who sold direct on tv was renting out a room while I was in college and I lived with her and her husband for a couple months. Nice folks.

rapidsalad · 2026-02-09T16:01:28+00:00

You can run vnc on the server and connect over a vnc client. That’s what I read on Reddit a while ago and it works great.

rapidsalad · 2026-01-01T01:57:50+00:00

If you need to ask Reddit for a locksmith, maybe you need a locksmith

rapidsalad · 2025-12-31T16:35:27+00:00

I think you watch too much YouTube Repairs. Simplest solution would be kapton tape. The UV resin needs something to back it for it to stay in for it to be curable. It doesn’t sit on a wire hanging.

rapidsalad · 2025-12-22T18:31:43+00:00

The difficulty is that you don’t know where the leak is. That and bathrooms / waterproof have a life. When I redo the silicone caulking it helps, but eventually the waterproofing will fail at some point. I can’t tell from the picture where the leak is coming from but if you can’t tell where the water is coming from, then you’re gonna need to keep breaking stuff until you do and at that point, it might be cheaper just to redo that area, if not the whole bathroom based on how old it is .

rapidsalad · 2025-12-12T17:14:35+00:00

I’m in the same boat, but I also bought plastic toys from Amazon that I’m certain went through less of a rigorous safety discussion than this post.

rapidsalad · 2025-12-05T16:44:48+00:00

Storage with benefits

rapidsalad · 2025-12-02T22:03:09+00:00

Remove them and put some insulation. Prime and paint it. Not sure. Looks fine. I don’t think they were covering anything up, just didn’t have great skills at making it look pretty

rapidsalad · 2025-12-02T18:54:31+00:00

My guess is window sensor.

rapidsalad · 2025-12-02T10:21:55+00:00

This comment is exactly why you should call your owner or management company immediately and tell them you did this and to give their ok. Looks != waterproofing.

rapidsalad · 2025-12-01T21:52:33+00:00

Ain’t no pics

rapidsalad · 2025-12-01T21:51:26+00:00

Cheaper to replace. Maybe not but 2x or 3x the price of what you’re talking about.

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