2026-08

• Total posts: 4
• Total runs: 0
• Total distance run: 0.00 km
• Total time run: 00

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  Kinesis Advantage 2 Keyboard Layouts 2026

  This post documents the keyboard layouts that I use in 2026 for my Kinesis Advantage 2 keyboard. The majority comes...

  Written by Rickard Lindberg 2026-08-02

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  One thing that I find easier in C compared to Python is that loops are not as expensive. And sometimes, things are easier to implement when you can think of them individually.

  For example, to render characters with different styles, we can do this in C:

  for (index = 0; index < SIZE; index++) {
      render_character(characters[index], styles[index]);
  }
  

  This is cheap in C. But in Python, it is expensive. So to make this fast in Python, we might want to do something like this:

  for (substring, style) in split_parts(text):
      render_text(substring, style)
  

  Assuming we can write split_parts without looping over all characters, this will perform better in Python because of fewer loop iterations.

  Written by Rickard Lindberg 2026-08-02 in #c

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  Modes are only problematic if the current mode is not the user's locus of attention?

  A quasimode is more likely the user's locus of attention because the act of pressing and holding a button creates a richer experience that the user is in this mode?

  Written by Rickard Lindberg 2026-08-02 in #interfacedesign

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  Newsletter July 2026: rlworkbench demos

  This month I spent much time programming on rlworkbench. After being inspired by the Canon Cat and The Humane Interface...

  Written by Rickard Lindberg 2026-08-02 in #newsletter #rlworkbench

I'm Rickard Lindberg from Sweden. This is my home on the web. I like programming. I like both the craft of it and also to write software that solves problems. I also like running.

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