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  • December 2022
    What's a split keyboard and how did it take me 4 months and 400€ to build one?

    'Build your own split keyboard', they said. Notes and pictures of my journey towards awesome ergonomic typing.

  • December 2022 · Project
    Giving my hugo-based blog a facelift

    Recently, I came across a blog post by Daniel Immke about quitting his job at Amazon. It’s an interesting read, but what really caught my eye was the design. The choice of fonts, the subtle text color, the animated shapes in the header - beautiful.

  • October 2022 · Project
    Comparing Survey Creation Platforms

    Can custom development still shine in a world dominated by SaaS? Read how 'Studo Survey' outperformed Google Forms in terms of UX.

  • July 2022
    How to enable Android's Smart Lock with the Redmi Smart Band Pro

    I’ve been a happy user of a few generations of Mi Bands for many years now. Starting with the Mi Band 2 and its tiny black and white display, next the Mi Band 3 which was comparatively comfortable.

  • May 2022 · Project
    Meet Your Friends (easy) — A Full Stack Project

    The world really needs is another solution to schedule meetings. Some tech details and backstory on a group project.

  • March 2021 · Project
    Four in a row

    A beautiful redesign of the all-time classic Four in a Row, written in Flutter. This is a pet project of mine, which I started during the first lockdown in March of 2020. It's available on Google Play and the web.

Filippo Orru, 2023