It will be 11 years in a few weeks since I got sucked into the mechanical keyboard world. I should make something keyboard-y to celebrate.
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I also wanted to build my Own Perfect Keyboard, then my Own Perfect Distraction-Free Writer. But it turns out, I don't have the chops for that. I can't solder, and I can't design a PCB, and I don't have the resources to pay someone to do both of them for me.
So, eh. What do I do to celebrate? If I had someone to fix my Stenography, I could start re-learning Steno. That would be a good celebration.
But alas, I don't know anyone within travel distance who could fix my Stenography, so there goes that idea too.
I have a whole bunch of keyboards, but... none of them really lend themselves to Steno, except the Stenography.
Some of my ortholinears have enough keys, and the ortholinear layout is acceptable for Steno, but the keycaps are too small. I tried very hard to learn Steno on an ortho, but failed miserably. I'm too clumsy.
On a Stenography, I went up to ~100WPM average, which is pretty slow for Steno, but was roughly on par with my regular typing speed.
I'd love to write the firmware I wanted to write for my Model01 way back when, but couldn't, because of having to be Arduino-compatible.
But then, there are numerous FLOSS keyboard firmware out there, they're fine. Mine wouldn't bring anything particularly new or exciting for anyone but me. So why bother? I can use an old clone of Kaleidoscope forever.