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Keyhole Software
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Keyhole Software is the company blog at keyholesoftware.com, writing about programming and career. Since 2013, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “First Look: The Jakt Programming Language”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Keyhole Software's 2017 post on stenography for programming as a pointer for chorded keyboard input. The linked post is cited as a resource alongside other stenography material.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- First Look: The Jakt Programming Language3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-08-23
- Programming with Stenography (2017)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-05-12
- Four Ways of Writing Thoughtful Code to Think Less2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-03-02
What Hacker News says?
I need the J-trackpoint, or something similar, so bad. I have an Ergodox and I can basically dial in for keyboard comfort, but I can't find an articulated key tray where I can mouse without pain. I would love to have an overkill-processor-driven all-in-one HID. Like pretty much a SoC just to drive my human-computer interface. I'd be hacking something out but too damn busy at the moment. Cousin-comment mentioned Plov…
Comment linking /2017/08/14/stenography/
on “Weird Keyboards, Programmable Keyboards”Submitted Running Your Life with Emacs as a story · 33 points
HN discussionIt is - go have a read in openstenoproject or read/watch this. https://www.fortressofdoors.com/stenography-for-programming/ Also https://keyholesoftware.com/2017/08/14/stenography/ or really a google search for “steno coding” will show you the possibilities.
Comment linking /2017/08/14/stenography/
on “Adjustable, low-impact keeb”Submitted First Look: The Jakt Programming Language as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Vue.js is just not as good as React as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted First Look: The Jakt Programming Language as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How an SMS Chatbot App Took a Job (i.e. Tasks No One Wanted to Do) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Advanced Debugging Techniques in JavaScript | Part 3 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Advanced Debugging Techniques in JavaScript - Part 1 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted MockOla v3 Released – Free design canvas for software devs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Four Ways of Writing Thoughtful Code to Think Less as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript Optional Chaining – An Introduction as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Keyhole Labs Releases Open Source Blockchain Browser for Real-Time Metrics as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blockchain for the enterprise – white paper [pdf] with companion Java and C# repos as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Four Common Mistakes That Make Automated Testing More Difficult as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons from Facebook: React/Flux as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Docker: VMs, Code Migration, and SOA Solved as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted First Look: The Jakt Programming Language as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Top Security Mistakes to Avoid in AppDev as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Developer Experience: 4 Ways to Put DX First in Your Codebase as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Programming with Stenography (2017) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Conditionally Disabling and Filtering Tests in JUnit 5 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Encouraging Good Behavior with JUnit 5 Test Interfaces as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Without Automated Testing You Are Building Legacy as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Keyhole Software Earns Microsoft Competency Partner Status as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Advanced Debugging Techniques in JavaScript – Part 2 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Proof-of-Concept Using Spring Roo as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introduction to Scaling PHP Applications - Part 1 as a story · 1 points
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