I have a setup for coding on the go which I have had a few people compare to gargoyles from Neal Stephenson’s novel Snow Crash¹. Gargoyles are people who are connected to their terminals all the time by wearing goggles and other tech equipment.

Which is precisely what I am doing on the overground, during my commute to and from work (one hour each). It does make me look a bit odd (if I’m being generous), but it means I spend that time constructively, and to be honest, who cares about other people on the London public transport.

I recently got a new keyboard off AliExpress, and been very happy with it! It is sold under the name DO52 Pro. The whole thing cost me only about £90 (about £40 for the keyboard, £20 for the keycaps, £20 for the switches, £5 for the hot-swap sockets and £5 for the batteries). Given it has a trackpoint, I think this is very good value for a mechanical keyboard.

It has quickly become one of my favourite keyboards, I’m using it with an nRF52840 SuperMini with ZMK firmware, OUTEMU half-height switches (full-height Cherry footprint compatible) and XVX wavy pink skyline low-profile keycaps.