[mechanicum]

On that page they have Cmd + Esc mapped as the shortcut for the global system menu (see “Teleport”), and it looks like the CEO is a NeoVim user[0].

I guess they anticipate users hitting escape a lot. Making it a large target doesn’t strike me as a worse use of the space than dividing function keys into blocks of 4, and more likely to be intentional than an artefact of generative AI.

[0] https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7353029...

[gjvc]

that's like saying this is a sensible thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqfkuc5mawg&t=322s

[gjvc]

ctrl-[ wants a word