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1 HN user recommended this in 2023, in one comment.
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1 HN user recommended this in 2023, in one comment.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
Take a deep look at this keyboard:
https://www.amazon.com/KINESIS-Gaming-Freestyle-Mechanical-K...
Or the non-rgb version: https://www.amazon.com/Freestyle-Ergonomic-Mechanical-Progra... (but for $30 more, get the RGB one!)
Pitifully inexpensive compared to the value and amount of time that you probably spend at the keyboard.
With two profiles (eg: home / work / laptop), and a dedicated "macro-zone" that you can control the color of the backlights, it's literally a game-changer when not used for gaming purposes.
I've got certain frequently used commands / passwords / passphrases programmed in those buttons (color coded: green for gpg passphrase, blue for ssh, red for login, etc), and it also supports a "layer" mode, so you could use that like a particular "shift key" for your app if you're like a video editor or streamer or something... red for pause, green for play, yellow for cut/paste, etc.
All the buttons are 10000% remappable, it's basically like being able to 'hot-edit' your keyboard in real-time. Map/macro "A" to "Z" or "A" to "AAA" or "Z" to "F12" or whatever. Basically each button on your keyboard can kindof do whatever you want or need to at a time, and you can switch through the different "profiles" in order to change how the keyboard behaves depending on the app/computer/task that you're interacting with.
If you're considering the RGB-version, please consider this a "glowing" review. ;-)