Graduated in Software Engineering, a specialized IT researcher in machine learning. Also a maniac for keeboards.

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Cake day: July 23rd, 2023

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  • Thank you for the feedback!

    Tbh, I saw ben vallack’s videos that used ergogen to build some keyboard - but I didn’t put that much effort trying to learn kicad; this Will be my excuse to try that out! At the same time, Joe scotto tempted with his guide to handwiring and it felt like a breeze, but It Is a time consuming process that can lead to a lot of problems if It isn’t used a good soldering iron.

    Still thank you for the tip on the grid size and angles! Surely Will Speed up the process





  • Thank you for the question, I tried a more circular low angled thumb cluster (you can see it on the top left plate) and it has its pros and cons:

    As you stated the pro is the confort because our thumb movement are circular and not linear;

    On the other hand the angled linear solution i found gave me the chance to fit a magnetic disc under the thumb cluster and felt more aesthetically pleasing, also because this keyboard is inspired by the little nine-nano by bsag (that has a linear thumbcluster)!

    So i found that in good balance between confort, aestethic and functionality!


  • You have mentioned two keyboards that took your attention the Piantor and the Moonlander.

    So let’s breakdown them, and let’s see the major benefits:

    • If you have to travel a lot and dont want to spend much to try a new cup of tea, you should go for the piantor; it’s cheap, really easy to build (thanks to the diodeless feature), tentable (see on the community for tentable case) and portable!

    • Instead if you don’t need to travel and you are sure that you want to switch go for the moonlander; Despite it’s high price it has a really large community and it’s built to make the average user feel at home. With the number row, tentable, full-size mx switches; it’s a really good option if you dont have to travel that much!

    • If you want a middleground of those, I can suggest the Sofle, it is a very popular keyboard too and has a number row;

    This is the beauty of this community, everyone has it’s preference and we love to build keebs on those!

    Let us know what will you take and your feedbacks!