THE VIDEO SHELF · code-driven keyboard design
clojure.core/typing - Matt Adereth
Matt Adereth's Clojure/conj talk covers the history of keyboards and how he used Clojure generating OpenSCAD to design and build his custom Dactyl ergonomic keyboard, including 3D printing and laser-cut parts.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a fantastic talk on code-driven CAD and custom keyboard design, linked in threads on OpenSCAD and keyboards.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- ClojureTV
- Topic
- code-driven keyboard design
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 9
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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There is a small clojure project that transpiles clojure to openscad, (if I remember correctly...) [LINK] Demonstrated and talked about in this clip: [VIDEO] edit: it is a fantastic talk but the part related to this starts at 17:35
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petr_tik on Hacker News · 2016-10
In Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?Very impressive and inspiring. I've been thinking about making a custom keyboard for a while now but, while I have no problems with the electronic and software side of things, I'm a bit overwhelmed with the 3D modelling required. I tried learning Blender but it …
simias on Hacker News · 2019-04
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