6 things I learned from shrinking my keyboard progressively
It was a surprising discovery.
The world of mechanical keyboards is a wonderfully deep rabbit hole, filled with a myriad of switches, keycaps, and an ever-evolving landscape of experimental layouts created by hobbyists chasing the smallest improvement in comfort, size, or efficiency. For many, the journey starts with a full-size keyboard out of sheer familiarity when transitioning from membrane keyboards. If you're daring and curious, chances are you've tried using some of the popular compact layouts like a Ten keyless (TKL) to reclaim some desk space. But if you don't stop there and spend enough time lurking on r/mk, you eventually discover the vibrant niche of compact boards — usually those 75% layouts, and smaller.
