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where we got the facts

Citations and references collected from every article. Honesty about where we got the facts.

thock cites external references inline as citations. Vendor links are auto-flagged with rel="sponsored" so a reader can audit which articles do their homework. The full per-citation index — article, quote, URL — is the next step; today this page lists the per-article tally.

News

Trends

Reading the Trends Tracker1 cite
The slow fade of Alice layouts1 cite
When customs became vendor-first1 cite
The split/ergo cohort grew up2 cites
How 75 percent became the default custom layout2 cites
ZMK is becoming the wireless default for premium prebuilts1 cite

Ideas

Deep Dives

Guides

Citation index

Every external URL cited across thock, deduped and grouped by the articles that linked it.

Tom's Hardware's CES coveragewww.tomshardware.com/peripherals/keyboards/keychron-launches-wireless-q-ultra-keyboard-series-with-up-to-660-hours-of-battery-life-with-8k-polling-thanks-to-zmk-firmware
Keychron's Q Ultra ZMK series brings 660h battery to the prebuilt-premium tier
The project's documentationzmk.dev
Keychron's Q Ultra ZMK series brings 660h battery to the prebuilt-premium tierZMK is becoming the wireless default for premium prebuilts
Cherry's MX2A product pagewww.cherry-world.com/cherry-mx-2a
What Cherry's MX2A revision actually changedWhy clicky switches still have a constituency
GMK CYL King of the Seaskbdfans.com/products/gmk-cyl-king-of-the-seas
GMK CYL Prussian Alert opens at KBDfans on May 15GMK CYL King of the Seas opens at KBDfans in two colorways at once
KBDfans's product pagekbdfans.com/products/gmk-cyl-ishtar-r2
GMK CYL Ishtar R2 closes at KBDfans with a second-and-likely-last shot at the lapis Mesopotamia palette
hmxkeyboard.comhmxkeyboard.com
How HMX took over the mid-tier linear slot
Modulus of elasticitywww.matweb.com/search/DataSheet.aspx
Plate materials, explained: what brass, FR4, POM, and aluminium actually change
Thock King's plate guidethockking.com/blogs/learn/plate-materials
Plate materials, explained: what brass, FR4, POM, and aluminium actually change
Theremin Goat's studies of switch acousticswww.theremingoat.com/blog/category/scientific+studies
Plate materials, explained: what brass, FR4, POM, and aluminium actually change
CannonKeys' build logswww.cannonkeys.com/blogs/news
Plate materials, explained: what brass, FR4, POM, and aluminium actually change
Geekhack's long-running plate-material megathreadgeekhack.org/index.php
Plate materials, explained: what brass, FR4, POM, and aluminium actually change
KBDfans's product pagekbdfans.com/products/sweet-nightmare
GSK Sweet Nightmare runs a four-day window at KBDfans with an eight-variant matrix
The live trackerthock.xyz/trends/tracker
Reading the Trends TrackerThe split/ergo cohort grew upHow 75 percent became the default custom layout
Mode Designs Sonnet pagemodedesigns.com/sonnet
Pairing Oil Kings with the Mode Sonnet
CannonKeys product pagecannonkeys.com/products/mode-sonnet-r2
Mode Sonnet R2 opens at CannonKeys
r/MechanicalKeyboardswww.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards
The slow fade of Alice layouts
Mode's Sonnet 2026 landing pagemodedesigns.com/pages/sonnet-2026
When customs became vendor-first
Gateron's product pagewww.gateron.com/products/gateron-oil-king
Why the Gateron Oil King sounds the way it does
ZSA's Voyager product pagewww.zsa.io/voyager
The split/ergo cohort grew up
KBDfans's product pagekbdfans.com/products/gmk-cyl-greg-2
GMK CYL GREG returns for round 2 at KBDfans
Theremin Goat reviewswww.theremingoat.com
Lubing 101: what matters, what doesn't, and where to stopA beginner's guide to picking your first switch
www.theremingoat.com/blogwww.theremingoat.com/blog
Sound dampening, compared: case foam, plate foam, PE foam, and the tape mod
Mode's Sonnet product pagemodedesigns.com/products/sonnet
How 75 percent became the default custom layout
Theremin Goatwww.youtube.com/@thereminGoat
What gasket mount actually delivers (and what it doesn't)
CannonKeys's product pagecannonkeys.com/products/nyawice
The Nyawice puts a leaf-spring F1 mount under a friction-fit-cat-ears Alice
NovelKeys's switch film listingwww.novelkeys.com/collections/switch-films
Switch films: do they actually do anything?

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