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Lab · 1 min read · Aug 20, 2026

Keyboard Layer Visualizer

Hold physical Caps Lock or toggle the on-screen Caps control to turn H, J, K, and L into arrows.

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KeyboardDeveloper ToolsmacOS

Note · 17 min read · Aug 19, 2026

Blender Fundamentals

If a shortcut needs an argument, a conditional, or a comment, it has probably outgrown a one-line shell alias.

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blender3DmodelingDeveloper Tools

Note · 1 min read · Aug 19, 2026

TIL: Finding What Owns a Local Port

A quick macOS command for identifying the process that kept port 5173 busy after a development server stopped responding.

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NetworkingmacOSDeveloper Tools

Essay · 2 min read · Aug 18, 2026

Why I Remapped Caps Lock

One underused key became a navigation layer for moving through code without twisting either hand into a chord.

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KeyboardmacOSDeveloper Tools

Video · 08:42 · Aug 15, 2026

My Current Development Setup

A short tour of the editor, terminal, keyboard layer, and browser tools I use for daily frontend work.

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Developer ToolsKeyboardmacOS

Note · 1 min read · Aug 12, 2026

When a Shell Alias Should Become a Script

If a shortcut needs an argument, a conditional, or a comment, it has probably outgrown a one-line shell alias.

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macOSDeveloper Tools
Ali Safarpour

Notes from the workbench, published when they are useful.

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