In all my years using this website I have never so vehemently disagreed with a comment! :)

It is beautiful! It doesn't pretend, it doesn't hide away its screws, and it isn't cheap plastic.

It clearly was put together with thought and care[0], it is not a bunch of junk stuffed into a box (as in a standard hobby project); angles were planned, metal bent, accessibility considered (that screen angle!).

This is an island of effort in a sea of lazy, fast & cheap.

[0] https://unimplementedtrap.com/media/sb116/SB116-Side-thumb.j...

Agreed, “unsexy” was just meant to hint at the lack of any superfluous eye candy.

The only potential improvement is that the side panels might make access to the keyboard a bit cumbersome as-is, but changing that would make building it more complicated.