How Tom Scott Built His Emoji Keyboard with Quick Hacks
Tom Scott · Talk · 17 min · 2015 · YouTube title: The Art of the Bodge: How I Made The Emoji Keyboard
Why it's here
HN links it as a charming defense of bodging and of AutoHotkey, and as the go-to example when custom keyboards or hotkey hacks come up.
What it covers
Tom Scott explains how he built his emoji keyboard, which turned out to be a series of bodged-together tools including AutoHotkey and LuaMacros. He tells stories about the value of quick-and-dirty solutions.