This is my digital garden… a collection of evolving thoughts, ideas, and notes that grow over time. Unlike traditional blog posts, these entries are living documents that I revisit, revise, and cultivate as my understanding develops. I tend to think of kind of like a public notebook.

What is a Digital Garden?

A digital garden is a space for nurturing ideas in public. Not everything here is fully formed or “finished”—some notes are seedlings, others are flourishing, and some may be evergreen. Think of it as a space between private notes and polished blog posts.

Recent learnings...

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Programming the Mistel MD770 Keyboard

Because I tend to accidentally enter macro programming mode and mess up my macro. To program a macro, for example fn+L -> Win+L: Press Fn + R_Ctrl to enter marco mode. (LED1 will turn solid white) Ctrl Press Fn + L (LED1 will blink white) Press Win+L Press the Pn key once to save the new setting. LED1 will turn solid white again. Press Fn + R_Ctrl again to exit the macro mode. LED1 will turn off. BAROCCO MD770 | Mistel Keyboard

My Visual Studio Extensions

My current list of favorite visual studio extensions. VsVim 2022 - Visual Studio Marketplace VSColorOutput64 - Visual Studio Marketplace Copy Nice - Visual Studio Marketplace

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Git aliases

Merge Development (md) git config --global alias.md '!git fetch && git merge --no-ff origin/development' What it does: Fetches the latest changes from the remote and merges the origin/development branch into your current branch using a non-fast-forward merge (creates a merge commit even if a fast-forward is possible). Delete Gone Branches (db) PowerShell: git config --global alias.db '!for branch in `git branch -vv | grep ": gone]" | awk "{print \$1}"`; do git branch -D $branch; done' Bash/Git Bash: ...

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My git cheatsheet

Submodules Command to run after first cloning a repo that uses submodules: git submodule update --init --recursive

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Thoughts on the Keychron Q11 QMK Mechanical Keyboard

I recently decided to upgrade my keyboard and landed on the Keychron Q11 QMK with the Gateron G Pro Brown switches and so far I’m really liking it! I knew I wanted to stay with a split keyboard for ergonomics. What I like: Configuration is web-based with the Via app. The led effect is nice but not too overwhelming. I prefer the effects that react to typing so it’s not lit up unless actively typing. The nobs feel nice for volume control. I haven’t found a great use the second knob though. I like the open key design which makes cleaning it a lot easier. What could be better: ...

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