# Writing by Xein Deniel

Xein Deniel is a Full-Stack Engineer based in the Philippines.

Page: https://xeind.net/blog/
All posts in one fetch: https://xeind.net/llms-full.txt

## Moving from tmux to herdr

2026-08-12 · herdr, tmux, terminal, keyboard

I moved from tmux to herdr in an afternoon and spent the evening debugging one dropped keystroke. The bug was in my hand, not the software.

Read: https://xeind.net/blog/tmux-to-herdr.md

## vallow Got Me Into Claude for Open Source

2026-07-18 · neovim, open-source, claude, lua, rust

Over a year ago I didn't know what a dotfile was. Then I built a Neovim plugin nobody asked for, put it online, and it opened a door I didn't know existed.

Read: https://xeind.net/blog/claude-for-open-source.md

## My Hyper Key ✦

2026-06-27 · karabiner, mac, productivity, keyboard

Caps Lock is the most wasted key on the keyboard. I turned it into a launcher for everything.

Read: https://xeind.net/blog/hyper-key.md

## Why I Moved from Next.js to Astro

2026-06-26 · astro, next.js, performance, cloudflare

I couldn't break past 95 on mobile PageSpeed. Astro gave me 100 across the board without sacrificing anything.

Read: https://xeind.net/blog/nextjs-to-astro.md