Hi, I love Obsidian. It's part of my daily routine since a year or so, and I use it to store all my work and personal notes for the future. The main reason I use it is because of its note storage method. Instead of relying on a database, it utilizes plain text files written in Markdown, as most of you already know....
A bit off topic considering your post is mainly about open sourcedness, but I use Logseq, migrated from org-roam on emacs...I love it. I have no reference to obsidian, although it's often discussed as an alternative. I don't know if obsidian has this feature, but in logseq you can issue queries to your database...it's amazing. It is journal based, though I haven't found that to be a barrier.
Old version in the back, new version in the front. Fresh off the printing bed. Haven't tested it yet, but pretty happy on first inspection. Have a few sneaky features. Aiming to release it in a month or so to the community. Using it as an excuse to try out Lemmy :-)...
Yes, there's another version without a trackball. Both are designed as right side halves, and the user mirrors it in the slicer software to get the left side. This way, the trackball can be on the left side if they want, or they can have a trackball on each side, or no trackball at all. Options!
There's options for everything you listed. If you check out Bastard Keyboards, they have designed a pcb that flexes to the curvature of the columns, but as you could imagine, this is custom to the key row and column spacing. Another option is a single key pcb, often called an amoeba. There's a bunch of variants, often with an RGB LED under the key. Even more simple is to just flywire the whole thing. The base requirement for each switch is a single diode, so there's not much under the hood. A good practice that I'd recommend is using a hotswap socket so you can try different switch types or transfer the whole thing to another case...this is essential when developing and iterating a case such as this one. There's a lot of options for flat split boards, and the base is often a PCB with all the traces and pads for the diode, LEDs, MCU etc. These are much easier to build, but obviously don't have the contour foe the hands. I believe, though can't be certain, that the kinesis uses a flexible pcb for each column, similar to the bastard keyboards.
Controller will be a PI pico from We Act, the old version is using a blackpill. Under the hood, it's running QMK. I also have an MX version in the works, actually it's currently my daily driver, hmut there's some small tweaks that need to be made...trackball positioning is super hard to get right.
Curious, what is it missing from your ideal keyboard? I'm open to making changes...
Really appreciate everything you have done, and I'm happy that we seem to have reconvened on a new platform or whatever this fediverse thing is called...still quite a bit to learn for me, but it's been a fun so far. It's been a good move! I vote we stay regardless of what reddit does :-)
Leo at beekeeb is awesome! I've been using this board for a few months now, and I'm going to test out a new USB-C variant he's working on for connecting the halves instead of TRRS. I use a magnetic connector for the main connection; I have been doing this for a while with most of my boards and won't look back. The layout is...
The piantor sure is one good looking keyboard...the thing I can't understand, and this is for many common flat splits (cantor, corne, etc) is where does your thumb go? Is it the middle key or the outside key? For me, a comfortable resting position is the outside key, but then it's a huge reach to get the inside key. I have many sculpted splits with the same key layout (3×5+3), so I'm quite familiar with the format, but can't get over the thumb position...curious about your take.
I normally type on something like a sculpted piantor, but the middle key is in a position equivalent to the outside key on the piantor. I also have a sofle RGB, and I find it quite uncomfortable to move my thumb under my hand to hit some of the keys, hence my line of curiosity. How do you find the accessibility of the inside key?
What are your thoughts about Obsidian not being Open Source?
Hi, I love Obsidian. It's part of my daily routine since a year or so, and I use it to store all my work and personal notes for the future. The main reason I use it is because of its note storage method. Instead of relying on a database, it utilizes plain text files written in Markdown, as most of you already know....
whoooo first post in a new community ity! Here's my WIP (lemmy.world)
Old version in the back, new version in the front. Fresh off the printing bed. Haven't tested it yet, but pretty happy on first inspection. Have a few sneaky features. Aiming to release it in a month or so to the community. Using it as an excuse to try out Lemmy :-)...
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Piantor from Beekeeb (lemmy.world)
Leo at beekeeb is awesome! I've been using this board for a few months now, and I'm going to test out a new USB-C variant he's working on for connecting the halves instead of TRRS. I use a magnetic connector for the main connection; I have been doing this for a while with most of my boards and won't look back. The layout is...
It's Deskspace Day at work! (lemmy.world)
Brought the smallest Zilpzalp into work today. Purpz switches, 3d-printed Philadelphia Minimalist keycaps....
fisk [REDDIT REPOST] (github.com)
An ergonomic 54-key hand wired split keyboard running QMK on the Elite-C microcontroller, living inside its 3D-printed case....