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Do you build your own mechanical keyboards?
Is lateral key stability a thing? I feel like some keyboards have less “wiggly” keycaps. Because my hand position roams over the keyboard as I type, I’m always hitting keys at oblique angles, so this wiggle is a noticeable factor in my experience.
💬 4 comments · 2023-10-13 · 3 weeks ago
Still Happy With Das — I don't claim to be very serious about mech. keyboards, but I do find regular keyboards too shitty for words. I now own 3 Das keyboards - one small, without a keypad, one relatively quiet (my partner still claims she can hear me 'violently typing' in every room), and one nice and clicky blues. I really have nothing to complain about. They work well, look good, have a thick, rigid metal plate on top, and even have a hidden magnetic ruler that doubles as a wedge. Well, if...
💬 View post · 2023-10-07 · 4 weeks ago
I recently got my first mechanical keyboard, a launch heavy from System76 and I’m in love with this thing! It feels so nice to type on, and the build quality is excellent. I haven’t gotten to swapping out switches or caps, but I love being able to. Anyone else use this board before?
💬 2 comments · 2023-06-15 · 5 months ago
OK, I think I am a mech-kbd-nerd. But my partner calls me 'a violent coder' - bottoming out a brown Das keyboard (I prefer blue, of course). So I put my keyboard-nerdiness on hold for now, and whisper-type when she is around. I have two Das boards - a brown and a blue.
💬 6 comments · 2023-06-14 · 5 months ago
Anyone else having custom keyboards? — Some non-gemini friends insinuated that there would be an overlap between geminauts and mechanical keyboard nerds. Let's test that hypothesis! I (their only data point) have been daily driving my gherkin 30% keyboard for well over a year now (or is it two?) for fun and profit. Before that I had two planck 40%. How small is too small? What are you using? Am I alone here?
💬 14 comments · 2023-06-14 · 5 months ago
