A keypad to control my desk setup
I was really pumped about this approach of having a second specialized keypad a couple years back. So much so that I bought Elgato's Streamdeck and their later released larger pro version.<p>I used them with fervor, taking pains to configure them to my liking and I felt I was on the right path to something amazing.<p>Over time, I kept wondering to myself what I was really gaining compared to just memorizing plain keyboard shortcuts mapped to the handful of functions I assigned to the separate keypad.<p>Every time I saw these devices unplugged I thought about plugging them back in again only to realize the moment I was removed from my workstation, I would lose the ability to use those shortcuts from my laptop's embedded keyboard.<p>I guess an advantage of the separate keypad is having dedicated keys, each with their own iconography for their function. But the whole idea is these are functions that are used often, so having their access embedded in muscle memory is in my opinion the better way to accomplish this.