Issue #188 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #188
Check out this week's editorial with awesome projects, tips, ideas, discount codes, etc!
Hey y'all,
Here are some of the news I thought were worth sharing this time:
- In my monthly market overview of community-favorite mechanical switches, here are February's top picks, based on real sales data provided by vendors and manufacturers.
- Keyboards are cool, but let's be honest: there are bigger things. I live near the Ukrainian border, and these heroes have been saving my ass too, for three years now. Join me and support Ukraine's freedom fighters -- let's take action into our own hands while politicians play politics.
- Peter wanted to find "the best" alphanumeric layout for English, German and more European languages -- and ended up with anymak:END.
- Review: The wireless/wired Dareu A950 Wing mouse is another huge overkill for an office worker like me :) -- with 8K polling rate both in wired and 2.4G modes.
- A wireless monoblock split keyboard by trkeyboards: Orasnica -- inspired by the Grumpy.
- Tschibo00's 40% grAIl was inspired by an AI image. But it's a real keyboard.
- An ultra-low-pro split ortho by Sebastian Graz: Bayleaf.
- A cheap, adjustable and upgradeable split keyboard by Saixos: Apiaster.
- A 40% ortho split keyboard with parametric, tented case: Zwerg by floookay.
- Dyad is a no-frills wireless split keyboard with tented base and a clever carry case.
As always: much more projects and resources in my weekly editorial write-up, switch database, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database - with 500+ keyboard vendors!
Save some money
There are 169 keyboard shops accepting the KBDNEWS coupon code and offering you various discounts now. (And here are all the keyboard stores in the database.)
Weekly keyboard art
A Caitlyn & Vi (from the show Arcane) themed Menura. By CaptLynx.
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, ZSA Technology Labs, Upgrade Keyboards, Aiksplace, @keebio, Cyboard, Jason Hazel, Ergohaven, Jacob Mikesell, KEEBD, littlemer-the-second, @kaleid1990, Timo, ghsear.ch, TALPKEYBOARD, u/motfalcon, FFKeebs, Bob Cotton, @therick0996, Christian Mladenov, Brendan P., Schnoor Typography, Daniel Nikolov, u/eighty58five, Caleb Rand, James McCleese, Ben M, zzeneg, Yuan Liu, Spencer Dabell, Penk Chen, Anatolii Smolianinov, Felix K., Clacky, Stefan S., Matthias Goffette, Alex Miller, Trey Causey, Cloyce, Dylan Ingham, Gordon Diggs, Mario S., Hating TheFruit, Fred H., Shnobble, Duncan B., Davidjohn Gerena, HubertTheMad, Jesse L., Andres Sakk, Jens Woyke, Breana E., nutylabs, Kyrre H. E., s_p_l_o_d_e, Alexander D..
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)