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51 articles across 3 months.
June 2026
4
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
9m
News
DCS Dolch opens at Divinikey — a computing-history colorway returns
7m
May 2026
27
Guides
Hall-effect keyboards: a practical buyer's guide
10m
Guides
Keyboard case materials, compared: aluminium, polycarbonate, and ABS
10m
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 is live at KBDfans through June 19
5m
Trends
DCS Olivetti and the quiet rebellion against Cherry orthodoxy
7m
Deep Dives
Why the Drop Holy Panda X feels the way it does
12m
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 is live at KBDfans through June 12
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
6m
Deep Dives
Plate materials, explained: what brass, FR4, POM, and aluminium actually change
13m
News
GSK Sweet Nightmare runs 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 opens at CannonKeys
4m
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
9m
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
7m
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
8m
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
9m
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
12m
Ideas
Switch films: do they actually do anything?
8m