<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[CursorBeat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blog of CursorBeat.dev]]></description><link>https://blog.cursorbeat.dev</link><generator>GatsbyJS</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:49:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Maximizing Control Over Your Internet Connection]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Germany, fast and high-quality internet is still rare due to lacking infrastructure. As a private customer, it's challenging to get a full internet connection with fixed IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, as well as reverse DNS PTR records. While only a few providers like Vodafone offer such things, other providers require more complicated solutions to do so. Unfortunately…]]></description><link>https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/tutorials/CustomFiberHardware</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/tutorials/CustomFiberHardware</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>In Germany, fast and high-quality internet is still rare due to lacking infrastructure. As a private customer, it&apos;s challenging to get a full internet connection with fixed IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, as well as reverse DNS PTR records. While only a few providers like Vodafone offer such things, other providers require more complicated solutions to do so. Unfortunately…</content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[macOS - External Keyboard keys are swapped (solved)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Issue My case:

 and  keys are swapped

 Key (right of SHIFT)  Key (left of 1)

This is because macOS set the wrong keyboard type (ISO, ANSI, JIS, ..) even if the config wizard shows the right result.

On QMK based keyboards:
KC_NUBS
ISO:  ANSI: Non-US  and 
KC_GRV
ISO:  ANSI: 
macOS default settings

System Settings --> Keyboard --> Change Keyboard Type --> go…]]></description><link>https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/blog/MacKeyboardTypeFix</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/blog/MacKeyboardTypeFix</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2023 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>Issue My case:

 and  keys are swapped

 Key (right of SHIFT)  Key (left of 1)

This is because macOS set the wrong keyboard type (ISO, ANSI, JIS, ..) even if the config wizard shows the right result.

On QMK based keyboards:
KC_NUBS
ISO:  ANSI: Non-US  and 
KC_GRV
ISO:  ANSI: 
macOS default settings

System Settings --&gt; Keyboard --&gt; Change Keyboard Type --&gt; go…</content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wifi with OpenWrt]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have used DD-WRT in the past with Linksys devices and found it very good. So far I have used a Synology router as an access point - but I thought the next wifi solution should be based on open source software. This idea was mainly inspired by the positive experience of using OPNSense with Dec740 as the main router&firewall - I love this device. That's how I came up…]]></description><link>https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/tutorials/OpenWrt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/tutorials/OpenWrt</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>I have used DD-WRT in the past with Linksys devices and found it very good. So far I have used a Synology router as an access point - but I thought the next wifi solution should be based on open source software. This idea was mainly inspired by the positive experience of using OPNSense with Dec740 as the main router&amp;firewall - I love this device. That&apos;s how I came up…</content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keyboard Guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[I type ~40-70h on different Keyboards every week and in the last years I had used over 25 different ones. I also assembled my own Keyboards. In this post I want to share my favorits for each situation and some tipps. My Keyboard recommendations
1. „HomeOffice“:

Filco Majestouch Convertible 2 TKL + Majestouch TenKeyPad 2 Professional + Palm-Rest

➕ Design (build…]]></description><link>https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/blog/Keyboard-Guide</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/blog/Keyboard-Guide</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>I type ~40-70h on different Keyboards every week and in the last years I had used over 25 different ones. I also assembled my own Keyboards. In this post I want to share my favorits for each situation and some tipps. My Keyboard recommendations
1. „HomeOffice“:

Filco Majestouch Convertible 2 TKL + Majestouch TenKeyPad 2 Professional + Palm-Rest

➕ Design (build…</content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[PowerShell Config for Developers]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a Developer in the Microsoft Tech-Stack you may like to work with a powerful shell. On Windows there is the PowerShell 7 - but like nearly every other shell, the base config is not as usefull for development tasks as it could be. This post gives some ideas of how the UI/UX could get improved for those tasks. Terminal

First of all the old CMD.exe should get retired…]]></description><link>https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/blog/PowerShell-Config-for-Developers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/blog/PowerShell-Config-for-Developers</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>As a Developer in the Microsoft Tech-Stack you may like to work with a powerful shell. On Windows there is the PowerShell 7 - but like nearly every other shell, the base config is not as usefull for development tasks as it could be. This post gives some ideas of how the UI/UX could get improved for those tasks. Terminal

First of all the old CMD.exe should get retired…</content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tilix and Zsh on Windows 10]]></title><description><![CDATA[I like all major Operating-Systems for different reasons and tasks. But for me there is only one perfect shell: "Zsh". The Z-shell is for me the right mix of a stable, extendable, modern and universal shell. On MacOS it's already the new default shell and on Linux it's easy to install. On Windows it's also no problem, but to get it working with same smooth expirience…]]></description><link>https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/blog/Tilix-and-Zsh-on-Windows10</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/blog/Tilix-and-Zsh-on-Windows10</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2020 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>I like all major Operating-Systems for different reasons and tasks. But for me there is only one perfect shell: &quot;Zsh&quot;. The Z-shell is for me the right mix of a stable, extendable, modern and universal shell. On MacOS it&apos;s already the new default shell and on Linux it&apos;s easy to install. On Windows it&apos;s also no problem, but to get it working with same smooth expirience…</content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[First CursorBeat . . first lines]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cursor beats and running letters mark down the line in the text.app for this static.site powerd Blog. In the first steps everything here will be about Apps/Tools, Software-Development, DevOps and some storys worth to be told around those topics.

I try to keep everything as short as possible, to be able to read everything quickly, not wasting time.

To be introduced…]]></description><link>https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/blog/first-cursorbeat-blog-launch</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.cursorbeat.dev/blog/first-cursorbeat-blog-launch</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>The cursor beats and running letters mark down the line in the text.app for this static.site powerd Blog. In the first steps everything here will be about Apps/Tools, Software-Development, DevOps and some storys worth to be told around those topics.

I try to keep everything as short as possible, to be able to read everything quickly, not wasting time.

To be introduced…</content:encoded></item></channel></rss>