tl;dr:

brew install yqrashawn/goku/goku
mkdir -p ~/.config && cd ~/.config
touch karabiner/karabiner.json
touch karabiner.edn
# update your edn file with a sample from here https://github.com/yqrashawn/GokuRakuJoudo/blob/master/tutorial.md
# or mine: https://gist.github.com/kaushikgopal/ff7a92bbc887e59699c804b59074a126
goku

Background

I’ve been messing with mechanical keyboards recently.¹ There was one in particular which is a 60% layout that I fell in love with.

The trouble with 60% keyboards though is that they can be pretty constraining for some basic operations (like navigation). Notice there aren’t dedicated keys for the up/left/down/arrows.

I use a 13" MacBook Pro at work these days. Android Studio frequently sent my machine into a tailspin.

Over time, I’ve had to tweak and update my AS settings to make AS work well on the 13". I figured I should post them here for posterity and the benefit of other AndroidDevs battling with deathly slow AS experiences.

I’m posting the abridged instructions and linking to the blog posts that led me to these settings, if you care for the details.

I’m a little troubled that I love these kind of lifehack videos.