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I would love a controller like that for my editor, or my LLM. That would make coding so much more fun.

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You can control your computer using MIDI interface. Sometimes we demo our JavaScript UI components using AKAI LPD8 MKII

Haha really? How do you hook up midi to the UI?

WebMIDI: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_MIDI_AP...

It turns state changes from any MIDI device into JS events that you can handle any way you want.

I use Claude Code to wire it up

I can't find it sadly, but somebody made an 80s style industrial control panel for a SQL server deployment, with all the clicky radio buttons and 7-segment displays you could wish for.

maybe only "the sign" remains...

  ACHTUNG!

  ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENSPEEPERS!
  DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN!
  ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND
  POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKEN.  IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN.
  DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS
  POCKETS MUSS.  ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinkenlights

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