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[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 hour ago

The company's website is currently collecting email signups for early-bird pricing. Pricing has not been announced. Neither have display resolution, exact dimensions, weight, or the availability of expansion ports.

So all we know is that some company wants to sell something at some point in the future.

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Wow, coding on the worst physical topology/topography for the kind of input you need to perform.

A programmer needs to type fast, navigate the cursor rapidly and with easily attained precision, and needs the information displayed on a large screen so that they don’t go blind working on the code. This machine is a friggin nightmare.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

you'd think so as i did, yet people wanted to do it on their blackberry's back when i did front line tech support.

[-] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago

1993 wants its prototype back

[-] mosthated@feddit.nl 18 points 5 hours ago

'extensive coding sessions' ... with your thumbs? No thanks.

[-] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 10 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

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Sorry for no transcript :(

[-] CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

Transcript of above image:

It's 2026, do you even need a full keyboard anymore? This year's badge is a three-key USB macro pad with only the keys that matter for Al-assisted programming: Y, 2, and Enter. Yes, allow it. Always allow. Submit. You've just approved every suggestion, every file edit, every tool call.

Congratulations, you're a 10x engineer now! This year's badge is built around a PIC16F1455 with USB-C HID. The board lights up with 25 addressable RB LEDs 22 side-mount SK6812s for edge glow and 3 WS2812B per-key backlights. Kailh hot-swap sockets let you bring your own switches. Now that you're the most productive person at your company, you can focus on enjoying the conference!

[-] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 2 points 35 minutes ago

Thank you so much!

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 hours ago

Could sub Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V and Enter and be an old school dev ;)

[-] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 1 points 5 hours ago

Uhhh you haven’t configured an Xbox controller for keyboard inputs?

[-] peanuts4life 11 points 6 hours ago

This article feels like it was written by ai and this product, while cute, is almost completely useless.

[-] CorneliusTalmadge@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

I was thinking the same, but also thinking the product itself is ai. Seemed odd the article doesn’t link to the company site.

It almost seems like it appeared out of no where. Top search result is a mastadon account that registered 2-3weeks back. Their website doesn’t even appear in searches.

Have we reached the point of circularity. Ai creating products to then write blog posts about. Just infinite hype with no real content/products.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 4 hours ago

Cheaper than having real products and trying to sell them, I guess

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 5 points 3 hours ago

Hype is where the real money is made, anyway. Just need to build up enough hype to lure in the venture capital bros, then run off with their money and let the project crash and burn.

[-] currycourier@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Its the new american dream!

[-] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Horrifyingly, this is a valid point.

[-] aviationeast@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Should have made it foldable. Like early mobile phones....

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 hours ago

Miss my Zaurus clamshell (don't forget the rotating hinge for tablet mode and a pen), definitely was 'Actually Carry'.

Why is this idea so hard, it's the difference between pocketable and not.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

Or a Nintendo DS. Or the ill-fated OpenPandora

[-] otacon239@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I guarantee this will cost more and be less hackable than the offerings from ClockworkPi

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 hours ago

It would probably make a good terminal if it had an RS-232 serial port. The CM5 would be overkill for that. A Pi Zero would be sufficient and a lot less power hungry.

There's no way I'm going to be doing much typing on that tiny keyboard though.

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