I may be overthinking this, but this Shelley module makes a dumb switch smart? And then you can turn the light on and off with the switch, but can also still control the light from your device, irrespective of the switch position, correct?

I’m not sure what you mean. Isn’t that how everyone else sees the world too?

Honest question. What do people who are into artisan keycaps like about them, exactly? These are certainly works of art, but in my mind, they would look out of place on my keyboard.

Did you build your machine before or after all the memory and storage prices got jacked up?

You just accurately spelled out what my intuition was yelling, but I lacked the contextual vocabulary to describe. Thank you! (Adventure on my dad’s Leading Edge 286 was a blast!)

You can get low profile switches with that pin config on aliexpress. I did it once for a Redragon board with browns.

EDIT: Looks like Amazon has them too.

I’m intrigued. But yeah, the keycaps are odd. Why are they like that? Also, who not go full ergo, with an angled height and curvature, etc., like a Kinesis or a Charybdis?

You “snapped the numpad off” and the rest of the board kept working?! I wish to subscribe to your blog.

This is sexy. I need details.

It’s a good thing it has dual spacebars, or else this board would be seriously flawed.

How did you even type those characters?!

I would love to honestly

Is that bad?

Where do you get it actually manufactured?

I upvoted because I also want to see someone answer accurately. Because I have no clue, and wish I did.

This was about all I could find new that was 75% or larger. I can’t speak to the quality.

https://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Adjustable-Backlight-MageGee-Anti-ghosting/dp/B0CW2XV3T3?xpid=wqChTqJG_kHqz

I don’t care for how this article assumes I know nothing about stabilizers; something I know a great deal about. And there was only one brand it mentioned that I haven’t heard of, but it was worth reading the article just for that, since they look promising.

At that price point I have had good luck with Redragon boards before now. Stick with their newer stuff, which is going to be have your Hotswappable sockets on the PCB. I think Redragon gives you a lot of bang for your buck. And especially with the gasket mounted ones like the one I’m throwing a link in here for, you get a lot of acoustic padding, just a lot of features for very short money. And they’ve actually been reliable for me even when I’ve beaten the crap out of them or ripped them apart multiple times. That said, I have mainly worked with their older style boards that are tray mounted. I’ve been meaning to try out one of their gasket mounted mount models, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. Anyway, for this money, I don’t think you can really go wrong here. This one is 65%, but there’s plenty of other stuff to look at there. Just remember, if it doesn’t specifically say Hotswappable, then it isn’t. Full stop.

https://redragonshop.com/products/nova-k709?_pos=4&_fid=4b8f22c16&_ss=c

If your budget is $10, and you like that board, stick with it. If you can get to the $40-$60 range, I can recommend some stuff.

That is not sounding hot swappable. Did you disassemble the board and look at the underside of the PCB? EDIT: I did a quick search. This is not a hot swappable board.