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 17 points 3 months 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 3 months ago (2 children)

Velcro costs so much more than zip ties.

[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months 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 3 months ago

Also rough if you got cats 🐈 🪮

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] JAPHacake@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

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

[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Better than cable lacing 🤓

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

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