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Being in the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole means that I spend a lot of time thinking about and trying different keyboards.

After spending a few years in the realm of split ergonomic keyboards, I had mostly stopped paying attention to regular mechanical keyboards.

AI is taking over the world of software development, but it sure ain’t going to take over my computer!

So you’ve heard of split keyboards and want to buy one, but don’t know where to start?

As much as I enjoy using my ergonomic keyboards, sometimes I still need to use the built in keyboard on my laptop.

As you might have noticed, I’ve put this website through a number of changes this year.

As I continued the descent into my split keyboard addiction, I decided to dive off the deep end and handwire my own ergonomic keyboard.

When first designing my layout on my Corne keyboard, I was mostly focused on the macro level of what layers keys should go on as well as the ease of common workflows like selecting text or switching workspaces.

Having used my Corne keyboard for some time now, I kept seeing 34/36 key layouts on r/ErgoMechKeyboards with a growing amount of envy.

It all started when I first saw a tenkeyless keyboard.

My intro to Hugo was back in 2016, a mere 3 years after its inception, when I was in my early days of learning web development.

Google Cloud’s Pub/Sub is a useful service that provides an asynchronous and scalable messaging platform that decouples services producing messages from those that receive and process those messages.

Terraform’s null_resource resource can be useful when there aren’t any existing modules to satisfy your needs (with some caveats).

Cloud Functions are an easy, performant, and potentially inexpensive way to build serverless backends.

Featured on Hackaday!

Back in 2018, we decided to raise chickens in our urban backyard, all in the name of being able to have fresh eggs every morning.

A few years ago, I created a tutorial on setting up Visual Studio Code for development with the STM32.

Featured on MagPi Issue 72, Hackaday, Hacker News, Adafruit, Hackster.io and The Guardian!

In case the title wasn’t clear, this blog post is about developing a web application using the Python programming language using Jupyter Lab, Flask, and the Heroku platform.

As a mechatronics engineer (in training), sometimes I like to pretend that I also know how to program.

Disclaimer: Light therapy is one method of easing seasonal affective disorder (SAD); some people swear by it whereas others remain unaffected.

Visual Studio Code’s combination of functionality, customizability, and aesthetics makes it one of my favourite code editors.

Featured on Hackaday, 3D Printing.com, All3DP, and Fictiv Blog.

Objective: Design a custom PCB to protect and regulate a 14.8V LiPo battery for use with an autonomous RC car Features: 12V undervoltage and 10A overcurrent protection 8.4V, 7.4V, and 5V regulated outputs Main Components: LT6109 High Side Current Sense Am…

Project Overview Objective: Create an autonomous gantry to follow the HTC Vive headset around, keeping its cable behind the user at all times.

I’ve been slowly getting into the land of electrical pixies.

What’s better than an inexpensive 3D printer?

I’ve been bit by the 3D printing bug.

Project Summary Objective: Create a small, modular controller to regulate the temperature of a water bath.

Originally posted on Medium under MistyWest.

Phone stands are something that seem a little unnecessary, but once you have one then you’ll wonder how your desk lived without one.

I’ve always wanted a bandsaw.

Background: Between paper notebooks, post-it notes, OneNote, Evernote, and so many more, there is no shortage of ways to write things down.

Introduction Objective: Develop an optical scanning system to be used for generating 3D models of well liners and casings with sub-millimeter accuracy.

My family moved into a new house, meaning that we finally have an actual garage instead of a measly carport.

Objective: Build a cheap, portable, variable DC power supply.

Background: When a hard boiled egg is spun on a table, it rotates freely since the inside is completely solid.

As you probably already know, I made a bamboo bike which I’m very proud of.

The format of this series is an outline of my thought process during the development of @thehaikuza.

The format of this series is an outline of my thought process during the development of @thehaikuza.

Objective: Develop an algorithm to generate haikus using song lyrics.

Originally posted on The Ubyssey.

Background: Welcome to TZOA (pronounced ‘zoa’) - the world’s most advanced environment tracker.

Background: including (but not limited to) drag, gravity, air density, altitude, rotation of the bullet, and rotation of the Earth.

Background: The TrailRider™ is a specialized device to provide accessibility to the wilderness for those with limited mobility.

Background: Drill availability is a major limitation in developing countries, where surgeons turn to using manual hand-crank drills to perform surgeries.

Objective: Design a roof-mounted bowling rig for a car2go marketing event.

Objective: Exceed the Vancourite-hipster threshold by building a fixed-gear bicycle using bamboo and carbon fibre.

Objective: Develop a script to find and remove any differences in a series of photos.

Objective: Determine if age has an effect on the mechanical properties of bicycle helmets.