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Tag: mac

  • Vortex Race 3 TKL LED Programming for Mac

    I decided to switch to my Vortex Race 3 TKL for a more programming-centric job from the Vortex Tab 90M that felt a little better for email and spreadsheets. The Race 3 has Cherry MX Silent Reds vs. the Vortex Tab 90M’s Cherry MX Silent Blacks. A couple of things that were a little bit…

  • Reviews of M1 Macs for Development

    So far, the key interest for me have been the potential drastic improvement in battery life. I’m almost willing to sacrifice a bit of short term productivity to get there. I don’t know that the experiences sound any worse that trying to get my favorite development environments productive on Windows or a non-Debian flavor of…

  • Lua Script to Start, Unhide, and/or Auto-Arrange

    I’m starting to try using HammerSpoon, which is driven by Lua, for automatically arranging my applications depending on application scenarios. I have 3 screens, including a MacBook Pro at Retina native resolution and a Seiki 4K display. I grabbed the names of the monitors from Display Menu‘s menu bar menu. I initially made the mistake…