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Hello y’all.
Inspired by Dynamicland and gaming systems (like my DS), I implemented a cartridge system into the box. Pretty cool in my opinion!

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I did some upgrades to the box this morning. The window management is cleaner and it supports more windows in total.

The rest of my update is a reflection of sorts. I learned something interesting. It’s important to use precise language to talk about what you need. I discovered that there is an existing classification of tools characterized by a set of features that I care about. Specifically, a subset of the features of the box actually constitute an “automatic tiling window manager”. Once I had this language, Google landed me on an existing tool (komorebi) that meets the features and more! Unfortunately, the license is not permissive and it has a large footprint anyways. For now, the box integrates with an existing installation of komorebi to get the job done

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still really basic and lots of of rough around the edges functionality, but the box manages window layout now.

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small update today ... the software side is coming along for the box (support is written for open/close/tracking of windows) ... it's easy to see that I don't care about graphics yet 🙂

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I’m a little late to the party :). For the wheel reinvention jam, I’m working on Afforix Box. It’s a fresh take on the PC human interface; my aim is to replace the windows desktop/shell (explorer.exe). Afforix Box is a hardware(arduino)+software solution!