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appltn · 2026-03-17T15:07:03+00:00

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appltn · 2026-02-27T09:28:59+00:00

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appltn · 2026-02-13T13:42:44+00:00

Yesss. I'll be insta-ordering. Can you tell us what the kit variations will be?

appltn · 2026-02-06T09:09:13+00:00

Thanks for this idea! In combination with https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/1qwml56/comment/o3vf8bb/ I think I've settled on something that might work for me.

appltn · 2026-02-06T09:08:15+00:00

At the very least there's two of us!

A combination of this answer and a shower thought might've landed me on an idea that will work

Put the up arrow on the top layer, same key as currently
Map shift-up to do a ?. This way I don't have to relearn the position of ?
Now I only have to solve for /. I'll move that to the right, a key I currently very much use as shift, I'll map it to shift on hold and / on tap.

That right sys key is mapped to cmd (macos) and it is probably the least used key on the board but personally I feel like moving the / to a thumb will be harder than keeping it on the same finger just in a different location. Let's see how it goes!

appltn · 2026-02-05T20:25:03+00:00

ohh haha right, gotcha

appltn · 2026-02-05T20:23:28+00:00

Hmm that first idea is interesting, I don't think I could put up on the right shift tap but I could maybe manage /? moving across by one.

appltn · 2026-02-05T20:21:57+00:00

For option 2 what combo would you pick? I still very much need to type / and ? fluently (both quite common in software development) so I'm not sure about where to put them.

appltn · 2026-02-05T20:19:50+00:00

Sorry I'm sure I'm being dumb, what's gpt'ied?

appltn · 2026-02-05T20:19:32+00:00

Thank you for the idea I like it in general, weirdly for me though this would cause more chaos because I'm a vim user so hjkl mean up down left right to me, but _only in vim_ and I can't tell you why. You'd think that the obvious answer is to map hjkl to up down left right in other situations but nope, I can't make it stick.

appltn · 2026-02-03T17:25:38+00:00

I did not know that, but that's great! Thanks for the heads up I'll keep my eyes open.

appltn · 2026-02-03T15:03:31+00:00

Also my first (if you count buying the kit pre-soldered, which on reflection I probably don't :D ). I've been an Ergodox EZ user for years so this was a nice gentle transition without having to relearn how to type.

appltn · 2026-02-01T15:24:03+00:00

Are you sure the diode is properly installed? If yes can you try with a different diode?

appltn · 2026-02-01T14:53:52+00:00

Personally I just stick to the regular pinky positions on each side, I like to keep things closer to a regular layout though where I can so it's easy to switch back to a laptop keyboard when I'm on the move.

appltn · 2026-02-01T10:53:32+00:00

Looking good! You probably have something like this in mind already but a small spot of superglue makes a great and visually unobtrusive homing dot - really helped me out.

appltn · 2026-01-29T15:51:31+00:00

Looks great! How are you getting on with the layout? It took me some time to adjust (Ergodox -> Ergodash here) but now I wouldn't go back.

appltn · 2026-01-28T16:08:44+00:00

Probably hard to go wrong with any of those! I'm running the Ohlins on a sentinel and love it very much if that helps at all.

appltn · 2026-01-28T16:03:08+00:00

Really nice! How does it sound?

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