I also came with a similar resolution which is that building just for the sake of building will not motivate me to actually build.

I'm adding CSS, JavaScript, PHP, whatever, to my website because it's required to accomplish what I want. Not because my website must have all of that to be on par with what's whateverGPT is able to produce.

Building a CI pipeline which will automatically convert the linted markdown I'm pushing to a beautiful HTML blog post will surely be helpful to my technical growth.

But I know for sure that I won't have any motivation to do it without having written an actual post to share to the internet.

Different vibes, but this reminds me of https://www.lofiatc.com/ where you can listen to airport radio tower with some lofi added to it.

I think you might've commented on the wrong post

Probably this one:

Tree.fm: Tune in to Forests Around the World | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38961377

It rains often, so be sure to get an umbrella.

Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but take a look at Stirling-PDF. https://github.com/Frooodle/Stirling-PDF

Thanks for the link will try it out, apparently this app was initially made by ChatGPT, whatever that means

>This locally hosted web application started as a 100% ChatGPT-made application and has evolved to include a wide range of features to handle all your PDF needs

Great tool, easily self hosted for the family, their rare beyond viewing PDF needs don't warrant to install anything.

I might be biased by spending too much time watching people dive into the hobby of mechanical keyboards, but I'm impressed he found the strenght to not go too far into it.

I'm just surprised that this low level of engagement with keyboards is considered on the "unhealthy" side of the fence. I mean, this is only about 5 keyboards and not even owned at the same time.

Right. My unhealthy relationship with keyboards is that I have 5 of them which I use on a regular basis, but I haven't bothered update to the same version of my custom firmware, so they differ in subtle and maddening ways--but none more maddening than going back to a standard layout.

I'm happy for this person that they so utterly lack an awareness of what an unhealthy relationship actually looks like. Although a small evil part of me wants to send then a mountain of cocaine so they can find out.

I'll send you my address

I own seven, at the moment. One is an IBM Model M buckling spring keyboard (1983, needs a PS2-to-USB adaptor). Two others I use daily, including the Das Keyboard (Cherry MX Blues) I'm typing this on.

My latest is the Launch Heavy with Kaith Brown keys that arrived yesterday (with a new system). It's replacing a gaming keyboard I've had for more than a decade.

I'm not even "in to keyboards," I've simply been using computer equipment at home for so long that I have them around.

Apologies for the clickbait headline.

My dad worked in IT and used the same keyboard for like 20+ years. Part of me hopes that one day I can find a board that survives for an extended period of time, but I guess modern spending habits and build quality has changed. I have to buy a new phone every 2/3 years for the same reasons.

I bought my Unicomp Model M 15+ years ago and it’s still perfectly great.

My current favorite keyboard is a Unicomp Mini M, and my collection includes a couple of IBM Model Ms, which I grew up typing on.

It's basically a slightly nicer mechanical tenkeyless than the original IBM SSK: lighter, slimmer, native USB, and more simultaneous keypresses, but still hefty and solid, with the same buckling spring action and wonderful curved backplate.

Unicomp's brand new Model M keyboards are also quite affordable by custom keyboard standards: $125 for a New Model M, $150 for a buckling spring Mac keyboard, and $150 for the excellent Mini M.

I have some of the more common, modular custom keyboards with the Cherry-compatible switches and all that. By and large, they're more expensive and more work to get into an agreeable actuation force range if you're used to dealing with real buckling spring switches. At the same time, the actuation force curve is never quite right because the 'tactile bump' of such a switch always involves a brief spike in actuation force instead of the regular increase and then collapsing action you get with a buckling spring.

If you've never used a buckling spring keyboard, you may find that you prefer some of the newer switches, especially the ones that don't imitate the 'clickiness' or heaviness of IBM/Unicomp buckling spring switches. But IMHO a brand new buckling spring keyboard is not just cheaper but plain better to type on them any of the more expensive, more 'modern' options.

I happily used my Unicomps for more than 15 years. They're still fine but I got a Model F reproduction a couple of years ago. It's much more expensive but the feel is even better!

Ugh, don't tell me that! I've been thinking about those ungodly expensive keyboards for months...

I almost feel that people might be surprised if they knew just how extensive and diverse the world of custom keyboards truly is.

> The house has twelve of these fold-out computer stations, six in each of two rooms (ideal for team vs. team games)

He thought about it !

Indeed, you might even notice in the pictures that one room has a wall painted blue and the other one reddish. When people asked which team to join the answer was: "What color is the wall?" :)

That said, in practice we don't do a lot of competitive stuff. Instead we tend to prefer to focus on cooperative games, like Deep Rock Galactic, Ark, Factorio, etc. This works a lot better when everyone is somewhere between a casual vs. hardcore gamer with very different skill levels.

The one thing we regularly do play versus is Left 4 Dead 2. I've gotten pretty good at assigning my friends to teams for that one such that the games end up reasonably balanced...