Setup
What I run.
The hardware, software, and keyboard tweaks I'd miss within an hour. Updated when something changes.
Everyday carry.
What's on me between class and coffee shops.
Silver, 256GB.
36GB RAM / 1TB storage.
In-ear and over-ear depending on the day.
45mm.
From Marshalls.
Apps I open every day.
The shortlist: the apps that actually stay in rotation.
The browser I actually live in.
Kept around for testing and separate sessions.
Launcher, search, and quick actions. Hyper + Space away.
Primary coding workspace.
MesloLGS NF, 16pt, Dracula+ theme.
Class notes, ideas, and everything worth keeping.
Tweaks that earn their keep.
Small configurations I'd miss within an hour.
Caps Lock taps as Escape and holds as Hyper. The full layer is mapped below.
macOS scaling moment.
Mouse acceleration bad, scrolling acceleration ok.
4 Finger middle click.
Yes.
One of the best.
KEYBINDINGS
One key, a whole layer.
Caps Lock does the heavy lifting: tap it for Escape, hold it and it becomes Hyper (⌃⌥⇧⌘), a layer that keeps my hands on the home row. Tap a key below, or just start typing. The board follows your keyboard. Hit ⇪ Caps Lock to flip the Hyper layer on.
✦
Hover, tap, or just type. Keys with a dot are remapped.
- ⇪ Caps Lock Tap → Escape · Hold → Hyper (⌃⌥⇧⌘)
- 🌐 fn Press → Dictation
- ✦ + H J K L ← ↓ ↑ →: arrows without leaving the home row
- ✦ + Tab ⌃Tab: cycle through tabs
- ✦ + Delete ⌥⌫: delete the whole word
- ✦ + Space Open Raycast
- On the external Keychron, ⌘ and ⌥ are swapped back into Mac order.
- F19 → ⌃⇧Y, a dedicated search hotkey.
Pulled from the karabiner.json I actually run. Not the aspirational one.