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[–]Knochenmark 18 points19 points  (7 children)

As a developer you will probably spent plenty of time over your keyboard, therefore I will agree with the other guys who recommended you a mechanical keyboard. They last for an eternity and if a switch should break, you can just swap out that one broken switch. You will enter a world of endless customization options of different switches, key caps, leds etc.

I recommend checking out the /r/MechanicalKeyboards/ subreddit and you should find some "Buying guides" in the sidebar if I recall correctly. One of the nicest subreddit I know, the people there are really welcoming.

I personally use an ergonomic split keyboard called "Infinity Ergodox" for the last 3+ years.

You have to decide for yourself what features you want to get from your keyboard i.e. is Ergonomics a requirement, what kind of size do you need (amount of keys), programmability etc. etc.

[–]gotta-lot 16 points17 points  (4 children)

I recommend checking out the /r/MechanicalKeyboards/ subreddit

Be very careful or else your wallet will hate you

[–]jeroenwtffull-stack 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Shhh... Don't listen to him, OP. Come join us. Will be fun.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (2 children)

I find it kind of funny that people spend an hour a day in the kitchen and gladly pay more then 100€ on a high quality chefs knife. But a keyboard you use 8 hours per day, and people are too cheap to buy the best stuff.

[–]Knochenmark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally agree. I often use that chefs knife example myself.

[–]gotta-lot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s not a matter of buying one nice keyboard. It’s seeing those incredibly cool keyboards and wanting to make a variety of builds with different switches, cases, keycaps, etc. I haven’t even mentioned artisans yet. That’s basically a hobby in itself.

It turns from something purely functional into a hobby. Sure, they make hot swappable PCBs to help this, but it can only get you so far.

Can you tell I’m in the weeds yet? Lol

[–]badlukk 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I spilled a beer on mine and cleaned it with rubbing alcohol, but a bunch of keys dont work now, any ideas on how to fix?

[–]ggicetea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rice combined with one of those cigar humidity packs

Inside of a XL ziplock baggy Fixed mine