Why I Love Keyboard Shortcuts

🎵 Media Control, The Sovereign Way

These shortcuts talk to Beatify, which talks to my MPD (Groove Basin):

• Ctrl+Shift+N: Next track (skips song + reduces its rating by 0.5)
• Ctrl+Alt+0 through Ctrl+Alt+9: Rate current track from 5★ to 0.5★
• Ctrl+Alt+1: Flag for deletion
• Ctrl+Alt+2: Flag for technical issue → re-download fresh copy

My auto-DJ plays only rated 5+ tracks (proportional to rating weight).

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🖥️ Window Placement Shortcuts

Inspired by tiling WMs but allows overlap:

• Alt+Shift+Q: Top-left 720p size
• Alt+Shift+W: Top-right 720p size
• Alt+Shift+A: Left 1080p half
• Alt+Shift+S: Right 1080p half
• Alt+Shift+Z: Centered window with padding
• Alt+Shift+X: Move to next screen
• Alt+Shift+C: Cascade windows
• Alt+Shift+V: Maximize/restore with padding

Tiling managers are great — but I like my app windows to float just right.

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💡 Why It Matters

• Efficiency becomes embodied — I don't "think" these, I do them.
• It's not about shortcuts. It's about turning your environment into an extension of will.
• No cloud service. No telemetry. Just keys, code, and consequence.