🧠 i'm so excited our internet is going to be 3x faster soon, good job finally upgrading
👨 yeah it will be nice, good upload speed too
🧠 i can't wait to be 3x more productive and make 3x as much software, what will we do with all our spare time
👨 uhh
🧠 wow i might even have time to experience boredom?
👨 that's not how it works
🧠 i'll just refile all our backlog projects into the inbox for reprocessing, there we go
😱

same deal for expecting any upcoming new (used) Tech Thing. even stuff like, a slightly faster phone. a trackball with a more ergonomic shape. a usb hub

the certainty that the molasses feeling will suddenly disappear and with the power of your recent acquisition you'll morph into your true 10x programmer form, and shipping time is all that holds you back from greatness

pictured: an artist's impression of my xmas present, that will make me a better person and won't arrive until wednesday

my keychron q9 40% keyboard arrived early!

first impression: shocked to realize that i've stopped liking inverted-t arrows in the lower right. i want em on a layer right at home position on my right hand. (ijkl on qwerty.)

every key on the spacebar row should be angled toward, not away. i hit all those with my thumbs. and/or i should tilt the board more

factory layout didn't place hyphen anywhere lol. no arguments from you

think i'm done with clicky forever, this quiet board is calming

all notes for a custom manufactured endgame but

as time wears on, good non-endgame approaches "good enough"

no matter how much i like mechanical keyboards i will never, ever have the patience or inclination to crack open and lubricate a keyswitch, i'd rather train myself to enjoy 'em scratchy

i still wanna switch to my workman split corne but this lets me get away from my old failing clacky 60% to a very nice quiet 40% without having to adapt to a new physical layout right away

oh and it's a lot heavier than i expected, which keyboard snobs like, but i don't really on a small board i might hope to travel with

but i would rather have this than wait more

i can make my eventual custom one minimal-weight, pcb atop neoprene like the mitosis

still super enjoying non-clicky tactile switches

still disliking the inverted t arrow keys in the lower right

i set numbers on my layout to attempt to mimic a numpad-like arrangement overlaid on the uio/jkl/m,. keys (on qwerty.) so a numpad, but row staggered. brain doesn't like it at all

from here, to where? ortholinear like planck? column stagger like atreus? or candybar style 40% + ortholinear numpad?

keychron, a largeish commercial manufacturer of computer keyboards*, in addition to longtime support for open source firmware like qmk, has recently made a lot of its hardware design files (cases, plates, parts; not circuit boards) source-available

Personal and educational use is allowed, and commercial use is allowed for compatible accessories

https://github.com/Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design

* such as the (discontinued?) q9 plus 40% mechanical that i've been using