I hear you, but how often have you had to swap out a cable compared to how often have you had to deal with a rats nest? This isn't a whole lot different than zip tying groups of cables together.

IMHO this would be even better with 6 different colors per braid. Then you could trace a cable in a few seconds while also not having a rats nest.

Edit: oops, this was supposed to be a reply to another comment.

[–] alyqz@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Velcro is almost always the way to go with cable management. Zip ties can easily damage the wire and encourage messy wiring since you have to cut and replace every one to change a single wire.

Wire lacing is OK for permanent installations, but good luck changing anything.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Velcro costs so much more than zip ties.

[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 hours ago

Velcro is also reusable and removing it doesn't require sharp things around delicate and often pretty important cables.

[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 hours ago

Also rough if you got cats 🐈 🪮

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 11 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

But you can cut a zip tie. This is terrible if you have to replace a cable.

[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago

Better than cable lacing 🤓

[–] JAPHacake@feddit.uk 1 points 13 hours ago

Or if you need to verify where each end is landed.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

You could also use tape tags on the ends, either color or number codes. Just mark both ends of each cable.