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Cake day: November 8th, 2024

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  • Nothing more satisfying than making something that cheaper, and also exceed the quality of buying ready-to-use product.

    CAD, EDA, IDE, and correct toolkits to the rescue!

    EDIT: In case someone want to delve in hobbyist/maker/diy world, here are some useful stuffs that available free:
    3D CAD:
    Freecad - FOSS 3D CAD software that available cross-platform.
    Autodesk Fusion - Not so great alternative but servicable, Free plan have certain limitation.

    EDA:
    KiCAD - Designing electronic project has never been so easy. This one far superior than Autodesk Eagle crap.
    EasyEDA - Free online and desktop EDA software that can be used for alternative.

    (Microcontroller) IDE:
    VSCode/Codium + PlatformIO - Most affordable, off-the-shelf controller are programmable with PlatformIO and enough for most average joe projects. Arduino IDE may be superior for newcomer but I recommend this as you have more leeway in which framework and board you can get out of single extension for Text Editor.

    Toolkits:
    Digital Multimeter - Most common electronics can be troubleshoot’d with digital multimeter to identify the problem.
    Cheap E-Bay caliper (or any cheap caliper) - For most DIY project, cheap digital caliper are enough to measure dimension unless you really need 3 digit precision.



  • As long as the bare necessities is available e.g 14" with HDMI, 2 Type C with PD and DP Alt, MicroSD/SD card reader, smart card reader(?), 2 USB A 3.1, 1x 3.5mm jack, 1x ethernet port, kensington and easy maintenance, for me it’s enough. VGA connectors (dang those older projectors) can be handled with VGA to HDMI adapter.

    My daily device is T14 G1 AMD with dualbooting separate SSD (M.2 WWAN slot used as SSD).






  • As someone that into mech keyboard hobby, I can say that’s still perceivable for average user as you still retain the familiar “qwerty” layout.

    Look up stenograph keyboard. They have lesser keys but allows someone to write higher wpm and programmable though I don’t think they would fit for average office workload (unless you types a lot).