MechaniKeebs

finished a project a few weeks ago

also, i apologize to anyone that has ever talked to me about home row mods. i was wrong and you were right.

i'd rather kill the radio and listen to the rain hit.

deets:

- Lily58 layout
- PCB from Typeractive
- Mito MT3 Pulse Keycaps
- Zeal Zilent V2 switches (tactile)
- and i 3D printed the case myself :)

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mouse!! that's awesome! i can't wait to get that baked in, i had it on the Moonlander, but it wasn't as dead-simple to setup on the Zen when i switched to that, so i haven't gotten back around to it

mods are in SGAC order. Ctrl is under my strongest finger since i use it the most, and Shift is under my pinky because it was the easiest to mentally migrate

and today i finished building out independent left and right hand variations of every layer except the base layer, so now i have full access to a ten-key, all the F-keys, all the symbols, arrows, navigation keys, AND media controls -- from either hand. which is pretty fuckin' fun, ngl

This week, I enabled the mouse within the keyboard. It's still playing and learning but is a game changer on top of the home row mods. How have you set it up?

co-founder of casaliz.co.jp, work in software/embedded/VR, interested in learning ethereum protocol and L2 development, farcaster.id/hosaka

i like to build a lot of physical tactility into my layouts — multiple switch types, tall keys, short keys, slanted keys, textured keys; anything that can differentiate logical or physical groupings on the board, or acts as an assist in locating my hands in place

e.g. there are actually MX Browns under the number row in this board. they clack noticeably more than the Zilent, so misclicks give a "feedback" response, and i can know I got the wrong key even if I'm not watching the screen, because it both feels and sounds different

here, left thumb does a lot of layer switching and chording, so maximum distinction is beneficial. i don't think that's even ESC, it was just an available keycap that was both physically distinct and shaped to stay out of the way while i'm pressing LWR

but right thumb only handles the space bar, so the front teeth of that thumb cluster get to be straight instead of crooked 😄

how come the Esc is slanted but Alt isn't?