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alexk6··on My favorite keyboards
PSA: Thumbs can get overuse injuries [1]

https://getreuer.info/posts/keyboards/thumb-ergo/index.html

alexk6··on I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?
[BUG] Instantly hitting usage limits with Max subscription: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/16157

It's the most commented issue on their GitHub and it's basically ignored by Anthropic. Title mentions Max, but commenters report it for other plans too.

alexk6··on Building the mouse Logitech won't make
I've replaced the switches in my G604 once, but I don't think I'd do it again. The internal construction is overly complex, so the process took far too long — even though the actual desoldering and soldering was easy. I just wish Logitech would re-release this model with decent silent switches and without the rubber coating.
alexk6··on The Tabs vs. Spaces war is over, and spaces have emerged victorious
Unison's big idea [1] is that code is stored as content-addressed ASTs in a database.

[1] https://www.unison-lang.org/docs/the-big-idea/

alexk6··on Dev jobs are about to get a hard reset and nobody's ready
4 year old reddit account but active only recently, name ending with 4 digits.
alexk6··on Rise in 'alert fatigue' risks phone users disabling news notifications
"Notification cooldown" on Android 15+ does this:

> When you receive many notifications within a short time, your device will lower its volume and minimize alerts for up to 1 minute. Calls, alarms and priority conversations are not affected.

alexk6··on Which open-source projects are widely used but maintained by just a few people?
Byte Buddy - runtime code generation for the Java virtual machine - https://github.com/raphw/byte-buddy

> It is stable and in use by distinguished frameworks and tools such as Mockito, Hibernate , Jackson, Google's Bazel build system and many others. Byte Buddy is also used by a large number of commercial products to great result. It is currently downloaded over 75 million times a year.

alexk6··on AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)
Bluesnooze[1] mostly resolved this issue for me on MacOS. I also own the XM3s, as well as non-Apple Bluetooth earbuds (Edifier X3), neither of which support multiple devices.

>Bluesnooze prevents your sleeping Mac from connecting to Bluetooth accessories.

[1] https://github.com/odlp/bluesnooze