This is great news, I’ve never sat down and benchmarked the importing times (I believe theres a python -X switch or similar) but the more options the merrier!

Sounds fun, did you design from scratch or start from something existing?

In my infinite wisdom and attention to detail, I managed to mix up top/bottom sides of the RP2040 pro-micro controllers in my Sofle v2 kit.

After soldering up and connecting power, only 2/3 of the LEDs are lit, different spots on L/R boards. All LEDS are pretty evenly illuminated.

I’ve given everything a good inspection and can’t see any bad solder joints and theres no issue with the keys.

I’m wondering whether I’ve damaged the drivers on the controllers and need to replace them. Sigh.

For now, the LEDs remain off and I’m slowly working up my typing speed, quite fun with the layout tinkering too.

LIDL are owned by a huge German wholesaler who are already dealing in large quantities, their middle aisle products are bought in huge volumes because they have such a laegr foot print of stores, unlike your average hardware shops where you’d otherwise be buying your drill, hedgehog hotel and speciality Greek produce.

That was a really good read, thanks for the link!

Sounds like the book would be a great resource.

I’ve hopped out of electronics and now make a living coding in an adjacent area, but find myself working with colleagues that are happy approaching all tasks like a script.

Code reviews, coupling etc arent part of their vocab so in lieu of peer role models im on the look out for good resources thst aren’t just chasing the next buzzword.

I started trying to use Joplin and couldnt get over it using a database rather than raw .md files. Once I’d added a bevy of plugins the UI really didnt seem to be handling thinhgs well.

I considered VS Code ± Foam and found myself doing a lot of the work baked into Hopping/Obsidian myself, and could see coming a less rich plugin ecosystem once I was done.

Quite happily using Obsidian now and managing my files myself. Glad I can just get on with de-OneNoting now.

Seeing privacy & security taken seriously offsets the lack of OSS for me.

I really enjoyed the couple games I’ve had of the newer edition. The small changes they made felt quite impactful and that bit more dynamic than the original, though it’s been long enough I don’t recall the details.

You can also put vim inside VSCode via extensions!