hey everybody!

i’m back from the dead, once again. my last update was me complaining about myself being clumsy and spilling some liquids on my old keyboard, effectively killing it. i ended up digging my old keyboard research and settled on buying a HHKB professional classic in white from mechanicalkeyboards.com.

let me tell you guys, this keyboard is a real joy to type on. it sounds really nice and satisfying to press all these buttons. some people believe that topre switches are expensive and overhyped. i will agree these keyboards are pretty expensive, but the general experience i have this this keyboard and this particular layout is great. i get a lot of mileage out of my keyboard, so having a “fun” typing experience diminishes the mental fatigue of slaving over this hot keyboard all day, every day if only just a lil bit. it could be placebo, but i’ll always take fake, artificial motivation if it will steer me to a positive action.

my favourite feature

i really enjoy that the control key, a key that i use so much, is where the cap lock key is on standard keyboards. it is such a better spot and doesn’t force me to extend my pinky weirdly. one thing that is somewhat annoying is that when i use a regular keyboard, i will end up hitting the caps lock key because of muscle memory.

it took a couple of days to adjust, but i don’t think i’ll ever want to use the standard keyboard layout if i can avoid it.

personal update

sorry for being away for a while! i won’t make any more promises about future postings. i don’t have any grandiose visions of what this site is supposed to be anymore. i have no expectations of myself; writing regular or thematically coherent items won’t work for me. i tend to get caught up in whatever i’m doing with little regard for activities outside that niche. my own interests are non-sequiturs so contriving loose relationships between them would be foolish. this web zone is fun to infrequently update and, luckily, no one has complained about the irregular updates lol.

recently, i became obsessed with automating parts of my job and learning about databricks, azure autoloader, and delta live tables. i made some pretty novel implementations and i’m happy about what i’ve personally achieved as a pythonista.

i hope everyone is doing well and remember to take care of yourself!