Gal Schlezinger’s “Things I use” of 2024

Gal Schlezinger’s in his 2024 version of Things I Use:

I map Caps Lock to ^ Ctrl so ^C will be easier to press without flexing my palm. I do not need Caps Lock in my life. There is no need to shout! I map Left ^ Ctrl to Apple's Fn, as it's useful to have it on external keyboards too (and Caps Lock already gives me a Ctrl key) Right ⌘ Command is my language switcher if pressed alone, as I regularly switch between English and Hebrew input sources if Right ⌘ Command is pressed with multiple keys, it is mapped to ⌘⌥^, enabling complex keybindings in Aerospace. More on that later.

I love this kind of posts, there is always something to learn even when you already have your setup put in place.

I also have to change between languages on my keyboard constantly, I wish there was a way to jump to your desired language though. I never know which keyboard I’m using until I write something wrong with the wrong layout.

Theres is also mixed muscle memory which is difficult to get by with.

I run Home Assistant as the "brains" of my smart home. Really recommend it to anyone who wants to start with this kind of stuff. It can bridge so many devices and services, like my cheap relays into HomeKit--so my iPhone and my wife's iPhone can control our lights and switches remotely. I am a huge fan of Tailscale. I don't really understand how NAT traversal works and therefore it's mindblowing to me I can access my private data, and even SSH my machine without opening a single port. Pure magic! All my local apps are proxied with Caddy through an HTTPS endpoint, which is so easy it feels like cheating. I'm using the DNS01 challenge as my home DNS points to a local IP within my network.

This is a setup I must steal for myself