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72 articles across 4 months.
July 2026
9
Ideas
Mixing keycap profiles on one board: what actually works
6m
Trends
Prototypist and the multi-project vendor model
6m
Guides
Keyboard cables, compared: coiled, straight, and the connector that actually matters
9m
News
OpenAI's first hardware is a Work Louder macro pad
6m
Trends
Cherry bets on magnetic: the XTRFY pivot
6m
News
The Blaine V2: SE puts three mount systems in one kit and asks the buyer to pick
7m
Trends
Nova Socket: Keychron's bet on not choosing a switch technology
7m
Ideas
The brass weight mod: what added mass actually buys you
8m
Deep Dives
Why the Durock T1's Bump Feels the Way It Does
10m
June 2026
15
Deep Dives
Why the Gazzew Boba U4T Rings Where the Boba U4 Stays Quiet
10m
Guides
Choosing your first custom keyboard kit: a buyer's guide
8m
Trends
GMK CYL OG Extensions is climbing faster than any GMK CYL group buy that's open
6m
Ideas
Retrobrighting: what UV and peroxide actually reverse in yellowed ABS
6m
News
GMK CYL Masterpiece R2 closed at KBDfans, finishing the Katakana argument R1 started
8m
News
GMK CYL Pandemonium: the eclipse-themed keycap set that closed on a plateau
9m
Guides
Split and ergonomic keyboards: a buyer's guide
9m
Deep Dives
Gateron Lanes: The Alps-Inspired Tactile Taking Over the Mid-Range
11m
Trends
Keychron's Quiet Takeover: How One Brand Became the Mechanical Keyboard Default
9m
Trends
Gaming Boards Are Winning the Spec War, and Enthusiasts Are Paying Attention
8m
Ideas
The o-ring mod: soft landings for tray-mount and top-mount boards
8m
Deep Dives
How optical switches actually sense a keypress
12m
Ideas
Lubing switches: what to use, how much, and what to skip
10m
Deep Dives
The physics of thock: how every layer shapes your keyboard's sound
15m
News
DCS Dolch closed at Divinikey — a computing-history colorway's first DCS-profile run
9m
May 2026
28
Guides
Hall-effect keyboards: a practical buyer's guide
10m
Guides
Keyboard case materials, compared: aluminium, polycarbonate, and ABS
11m
News
Computex 2026: hall-effect keyboards enter the enthusiast conversation
8m
Guides
Stabilizers explained: from stock rattle to silent smoothness
12m
Trends
DCS Grass Valley closes: what the profile's 2026 run tells us
8m
News
GMK CYL Ramune is the pastel pivot the CYL catalog needed
7m
News
GMK CYL Selene closed at KBDfans with the sub-line's first material-first colorway
6m
Trends
DCS Olivetti and the quiet rebellion against Cherry orthodoxy
8m
Deep Dives
Why the Drop Holy Panda X feels the way it does
13m
Ideas
Spring swaps: what swapping the spring actually changes
9m
News
Keychron's Q Ultra ZMK series brings 660h battery to the prebuilt-premium tier
4m
Deep Dives
What Cherry's MX2A revision actually changed
7m
News
GMK CYL Prussian Alert closed at KBDfans, capping the loudest GeekHack IC in the CYL sub-line's recent run
6m
News
GMK CYL Ishtar R2 closed at KBDfans with a second-and-likely-last shot at the lapis Mesopotamia palette
7m
Deep Dives
How HMX took over the mid-tier linear slot
12m
Ideas
Why typing tests lie
7m
Deep Dives
Plate materials, explained: what brass, FR4, POM, and aluminium actually change
13m
News
GSK Sweet Nightmare ran a four-day window at KBDfans with an eight-variant matrix
6m
Trends
Reading the Trends Tracker
5m
Ideas
Pairing Oil Kings with the Mode Sonnet
5m
News
Mode Sonnet R2 opened at CannonKeys
5m
Trends
The slow fade of Alice layouts
4m
Trends
When customs became vendor-first
6m
Deep Dives
Why the Gateron Oil King sounds the way it does
6m
Guides
Keycap profiles, compared: Cherry, OEM, SA, and MT3
11m
Trends
The split/ergo cohort grew up
5m
Ideas
The tape mod: what one strip of Kapton actually does
10m
News
GMK CYL GREG returns for round 2 at KBDfans
6m
April 2026
20
Guides
Lubing 101: what matters, what doesn't, and where to stop
8m
Guides
A beginner's guide to picking your first switch
7m
Guides
Keyboard firmware, compared: QMK, VIA, and VIAL
11m
News
GMK CYL King of the Seas opened at KBDfans in two colorways at once
6m
Guides
Sound dampening, compared: case foam, plate foam, PE foam, and the tape mod
8m
Trends
How 'thock' became an acoustic spec, not an accident
8m
Guides
Mounting styles, compared: gasket, top-mount, tray, and integrated plate
12m
Trends
How 75 percent became the default custom layout
5m
Ideas
The PE foam mod: the two-dollar upgrade that actually works
9m
Guides
Keycap materials, compared: ABS, PBT, and the rest
10m
Trends
How Hall-effect quietly became the new mid-premium default
7m
Guides
Switch housings, compared: nylon, polycarbonate, POM, and the rest
10m
Ideas
Stabilizer servicing: the one step most builders skip
11m
Ideas
What gasket mount actually delivers (and what it doesn't)
9m
Deep Dives
Why clicky switches still have a constituency
10m
News
The Nyawice puts a leaf-spring F1 mount under a friction-fit-cat-ears Alice
6m
Deep Dives
How Topre's electrocapacitive switches actually work
11m
Trends
ZMK is becoming the wireless default for premium prebuilts
9m
Deep Dives
How Hall-effect switches actually sense a keypress
13m
Ideas
Switch films: do they actually do anything?
8m