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I think it looks cool at least and I learnt lots of skills while doing it!
this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2026
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Why do you think it's less ergonomic than a normal keyboard?
I've been following the ergomech subreddit ever since I've searched for ergonomic keyboards after wondering what's next with mechanical keyboards. I view with disdain the amount of consumerism that seems to be the major trend with mechanical keyboards with all the IMO nonsense limited group buys of metal, plastic builds
Ergonomic keyboard scene is a lot more interesting because of the inherent diy nature of it in the deep end, up to designing your own personalized layout. I just never did the jump because I don't want to retrain my muscle memory again after doing so for colemak 15 years ago